Strength Quotes

Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.

31459 quotes

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"Only the weak seek vengeance; the strong simply move forward."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"The sign of strength is not the ability to conquer, but the ability to restrain oneself."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"True strength lies in gentleness and wisdom."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Strength of character is strength indeed."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"True strength lies in vulnerability and openness."
Jacob Böhme
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"The strength of character is built through resistance to our base inclinations."
Jonathan Edwards
"In the depths of sorrow, we often discover our most profound strengths."
Charles Wesley
"The strength to persevere often comes from an unexpected place of weakness."
Charles Wesley
"Strength is not the absence of doubt, but moving forward despite it."
Charles Wesley
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"The testimony of suffering borne with grace is more powerful than eloquence."
George Fox
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"Forgiveness is not weakness; it is the strength to release what binds you."
George Fox
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"To choose silence is sometimes to choose the most powerful form of witness."
George Fox
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"What does not kill me makes me stronger."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Pity is the virtue of the weak; strength is the virtue of the strong."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Strength without wisdom is tyranny."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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"Adversity is the nurse of greatness."
John Wesley
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"Plasticity, in the wide sense of the word, means the possession of a structure weak enough to yield to an influence, but strong enough not to yield all at once."
William James
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"The only thing that can really defeat us is our own doubts."
William James
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"The perception of the strong character comes from the fact that the will-power is great."
William James
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"Through surrender, we find our greatest strength."
Jacob Böhme
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"True strength lies in the willingness to be transformed."
Jacob Böhme
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"Strength is not merely physical but the capacity to remain true to one's principles."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The human voice carries power that extends far beyond its physical sound."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Resilience is the ability to bend without breaking when pressured by life's storms."
Emanuel Swedenborg
"The strength to endure comes not from ourselves, but from communion with the Divine."
Charles Wesley
"In adversity, the faithful discover treasures of character inaccessible in comfort."
Charles Wesley
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"He who despises himself is nonetheless honored by all."
Spinoza
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"The more perfect a thing is, the more it acts and the less it is acted on."
Spinoza
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"The endeavor of self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue."
Spinoza
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"The impotent man, while he remains impotent, is not capable of moderating or checking his desires."
Spinoza