Strength Quotes

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

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"The strongest man is he who conquers himself, not his enemies."
Herman Melville
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"The measure of a man is not his wealth but his wisdom and his kindness."
Herman Melville
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"Some people can look smug in the face of their own death."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"A woman's strength lies in her gentleness."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"Women's strength is in their vulnerability."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"There is something in the human soul that rebels against adversity."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason."
Edgar Allan Poe
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Doubt Me My Dim Companion, doubt me if you dare."
Emily Dickinson
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"Strength comes to those who burden themselves with others' care."
Emily Dickinson
"Strength comes from vulnerability."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
"Build strength."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"We are all broken; that is how the light gets in."
François Mauriac
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"The strength of a person is measured by their character."
François Mauriac
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"We are all wounded healers."
François Mauriac
"I should like to kill my enemies with kindness."
Mark Twain
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"The fault of most men is that they underrate their own capability."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The human heart has hidden treasures that the world knows nothing of."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"We are shaped not by our circumstances, but by our response to them."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"The strength of a person is not in their power but in their principles."
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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"A man may have thought he had a heart, but when troubles come, it is then he learns."
Herman Melville
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"To be a man is to be a thing sublime."
Herman Melville
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"The greatest strength lies in admitting weakness."
Herman Melville
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"Irony is a form of politeness for the strong."
Anatole France
"Strength comes from accepting your own weakness."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"Strength is knowing when to bend rather than break."
François Mauriac
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"Strength without gentleness becomes tyranny."
François Mauriac
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"I took my power in my hand and went unto the soil."
Emily Dickinson
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"Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?"
Emily Dickinson