Strength Quotes

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

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"Strength is not the absence of weakness but the refusal to surrender to it."
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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"The deepest principle of being is one's self-respect."
Henry James
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"The greatest strength is the ability to remain gentle in a harsh world."
Henry James
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
Marcel Proust
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"True strength lies in vulnerability, not in invulnerability."
Marcel Proust
"The greatest battles are fought in silence, in the privacy of one's heart."
André Gide
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"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
Albert Camus
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"To lose one's life is a small price for refusing to admit defeat."
Albert Camus
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"Heroism and weakness are two facets of the same medal."
Albert Camus
"Nothing is little to the great soul. All things are great to it."
Romain Rolland
"True strength is shown not in conquest, but in compassion."
Romain Rolland
"Strength is not measured by the weight you can lift, but by the love you can give."
Romain Rolland
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"The world will be conquered by those who refuse to be conquered by it."
Anatole France
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"The strength of the state comes from the virtue of the citizen."
Montesquieu
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"True independence consists in the strength to dispense with others."
Montesquieu
M
"The strength of character is built through adversity."
Montesquieu
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"Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself"
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Strength lies not in the absence of fear, but in the conquest of it"
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Strength is not the absence of weakness but the transcendence of it."
Marcel Proust
"A man's value is not determined by his circumstances but by his response to them."
Romain Rolland
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."
Romain Rolland
"Strength is not about never falling; it is about always rising."
Romain Rolland
"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection."
André Gide
"The only things that I respect are the things that I fear."
André Gide
"The man who fears nothing is more to be feared than the man who fears something."
André Gide
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"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
Albert Camus
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"Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference."
Albert Camus
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"True greatness lies in simplicity of thought and purity of action."
Albert Camus
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"The true strength of a nation lies in the virtue of its citizens."
Montesquieu
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"The strength of an individual is measured by his ability to withstand opposition."
Denis Diderot