Strength Quotes

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

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"Strength grows through perseverance."
Denis Diderot
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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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"To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"The individual must struggle against both external oppression and internal limitation."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"We are all broken, and it is the healing that makes us whole."
Marcel Proust
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"True strength comes from within, not from without."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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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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"Poverty renders men as hard as necessity renders them intelligent."
Montesquieu
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"Every human being is condemned to bear the whole weight of the world on his shoulders."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"Inner strength comes from facing our deepest fears."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"The most successful woman is one who can build a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at her."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"When you see a person who has been through hell and still smiles, you have witnessed power."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"One must be both tender and fierce, both gentle and strong."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"One should no more deplore the fact that people attack one's opinions than one deplores the fact that the air resists the wing of a plane."
Denis Diderot
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"True strength lies in knowing oneself completely."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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"The strength of a community lies in the welfare of its weakest members."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"One discovers that destiny can be diverted only by a vigorous straightforward rebellion against it."
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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"Our strength lies not in our muscles but in our capacity to care."
Albert Camus
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"Strength lies not in certainty but in the acceptance of uncertainty."
Jean-Paul Sartre
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"A nation's strength is not measured by the size of its army, but by the vigor of its laws."
Montesquieu
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"Weak men cannot survive in the presence of strong men."
Montesquieu
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"The strength of a nation does not lie in its weapons, but in the virtue of its people."
Montesquieu
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"The greatest strength is knowing when to ask for help."
Montesquieu
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"Character is what you are in the dark."
Denis Diderot
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"We are only as strong as our weakest virtue."
Denis Diderot
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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
Denis Diderot
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"To lose confidence in one's body is to lose confidence in oneself."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"The human spirit is not defeated by hardship, but by indifference."
Simone de Beauvoir
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"To endure is the first thing a child ought to learn."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau