Strength Quotes

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

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"Virtue and power are one and the same."
Spinoza
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"The perfect man must have the power of controlling his passions."
Spinoza
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"Strength is not the absence of fear, but courage in its presence."
Ibn Arabi
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"Keep to the Cross, and then the Devil cannot touch you."
George Fox
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"In simplicity find thy strength."
George Fox
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"Strength is found in understanding, not in force."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"The greatest strength is found in voluntary weakness and surrender."
Jacob Böhme
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"Strength is tested not in victory but in how we face defeat."
Jacob Böhme
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"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being."
Hafiz
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"Be a brave warrior and conquer your thoughts before they conquer you."
Hafiz
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"My arms have learned to hold lightning."
Hafiz
"Our strength is made perfect when we acknowledge our weakness."
Charles Wesley
"Strength is revealed in how gently we treat the vulnerable and weak."
Charles Wesley
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"Strength is found in vulnerability, not invulnerability."
Ibn Arabi
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"Human power is very limited, and is infinitely surpassed by the power of external causes."
Spinoza
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"Every individual thing tends to preserve itself in its being so far as it lies in itself."
Spinoza
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"The soul is so precious and so great that God regards it with great honor."
Julian of Norwich
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"In humility, the soul finds its greatest strength."
Julian of Norwich
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"We must understand that the spiritual life is a life of great courage and much strength."
Teresa of Avila
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"Strength lies not in the absence of weakness, but in acceptance of it."
Teresa of Avila
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"The strength of a chain is not in its strongest link, but in how all links serve together."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Strength is revealed not in domination, but in the ability to lift others up."
Emanuel Swedenborg
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"Forgiveness is the greatest strength of the soul."
Ibn Arabi
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"True strength is found in gentleness and humility."
John of the Cross
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"True strength comes from weakness surrendered to God's power."
John of the Cross
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"You are not just the drop; you are the entire ocean."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The wound is the place where Light enters the soul's dwelling."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"You are the sky. Everything else is just weather."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"You are precious. Wake up to your own dignity."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)