Strength Quotes

"Survival without dignity is a slow death of the human spirit."

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill."

"Our antagonist is our helper."

"The masses are not passive; they are constantly creating and recreating their world."

"The worker must become the architect of his own liberation."

"The capacity to suffer is the capacity to resist and to grow."

"The true strength of a man lies in his reason."

"A man is at his best when he's struggling against his own nature."

"The human subject emerges not as sovereign consciousness but as an effect of discourse and power relations."

"To be human is to be perpetually under surveillance, yet capable of improvising new ways of being within this condition."

"A nation's strength lies not in the size of its army, but in the character of its people."

"A people that cannot defend itself will be defended by others, and lose its freedom."

"The strength of a nation lies in its diversity, not its uniformity."

"A nation's real strength is the courage of its ordinary citizens to do extraordinary things."

"Moral power is probably more important than any other kind."

"The spirit of self-reliance must be the native air in which a people lives."

"The test of a man's greatness is his humility."

"True strength lies in weakness embraced and transformed."

"Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power."

"A man must have courage to dwell in the wilderness alone."

"Good sense about ordinary matters is not so very uncommon; but the highest sense and power are very rare indeed."

"The capacity for the nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by mere neglect."

"Our notion of the perfect man is the man of practical genius."

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill."

"True strength consists in virtue and piety."

"A person's greatest enemy is often their own desires."

"Dignity is the quality which makes a man think well of himself."

"One must be firm, but not too firm."

"Strength comes from inner conviction."

"Strength is not the measure of a man; it is his conscience."