Strength Quotes

"The greatest strength is sometimes the refusal to exercise the power one possesses."

"The strength to resist comes from refusal to accept the world as it presents itself."

"Strength lies in knowing when to yield and when to resist."

"We all think we are unique, yet we are all replaceable in the eyes of power."

"The capacity to forgive is not weakness but strength."

"Strength comes not from agreement but from the clarity of distinction."

"Greatness consists in bringing the extraordinary within the ordinary."

"Strength emerges from struggle."

"Self-respect is a plant of slow growth."

"What is virtue? It is the strength to do what is right."

"Weakness is the basis of evil."

"The liquidation of individualism is the price we pay for the convenience of mass society."

"The greatest strength is the ability to change your mind in the face of evidence."

"Identity requires a fixed point from which the subject can look out."

"The most dangerous form of power is the power of the mob."

"Self-respect is perhaps the primary good that a just society must secure."

"A just society must secure the social basis for citizens' self-respect."

"Citizens' self-respect depends on knowing their society respects them as equal persons."

"Strength is not the absence of doubt but the courage to act despite it."

"To have character is to be capable of self-control and moral discipline."

"True strength lies in self-control and moral integrity."

"He whose body is capable of the greatest number of simultaneous activities, whose mind is capable of perceiving the greatest number of things simultaneously, is the most powerful."

"The body's capacity is increased or diminished by external causes."

"The struggle for existence gives rise to virtue."

"Self-respect is perhaps the primary good in a well-ordered society."

"The capacity for moral personality is the basis of human dignity and worth."

"Strength lies in acknowledging weakness"

"The greatest strength is the willingness to change"

"Men are not to be measured by the meagre employment they happen to fill."

"Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."