Strength Quotes

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

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"We are more than we believe ourselves to be."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Strength is forged in adversity."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Habit is the nurse of all vice."
William Carlos Williams
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"The strength of a man is not in his muscles but in his will."
William Carlos Williams
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"True strength lies in vulnerability."
William Carlos Williams
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"The strongest people are those who have learned to embrace their own fragility."
Hart Crane
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"I celebrate my own existence without apology."
Allen Ginsberg
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"Your strength is in your vulnerability."
Allen Ginsberg
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"Strength lies not in dominance but in gentleness."
Hilda Doolittle
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"Strength is found in acceptance of weakness."
Hilda Doolittle
"The spirit of man is the expression of the powers of the mind."
Wallace Stevens
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"Strength is not found in resistance but in acceptance."
Jack Kerouac
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"Survival is an act of defiance."
Jack Kerouac
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
Amy Lowell
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"Real strength lies in the ability to be vulnerable."
Amy Lowell
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"Strength is forged in adversity."
Amy Lowell
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"The measure of a person is in their attention to detail."
William Carlos Williams
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"The strongest people are those who admit their vulnerability."
William Carlos Williams
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"The strength of a woman lies in her refusal to diminish herself."
Hilda Doolittle
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"I have discovered that strength often looks like gentleness."
Hilda Doolittle
"The greatest strength is the ability to adapt."
Wallace Stevens
"Character is the ability to carry out a resolution long after the emotion of the moment has passed."
Fannie Hurst
"The human spirit is indomitable."
Fannie Hurst
"Strength is not in the body but in the spirit."
Fannie Hurst
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"Strength is born from the crucible of suffering."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"I am stronger than my circumstances."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"The strongest person is one who has learned to forgive."
Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Effort is felt by the person making it, but how can we know the effort that goes into restraint?"
Marianne Moore
"There is nothing so good as discipline."
Marianne Moore