Strength Quotes
Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.
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"Great minds are always formed by the discipline of adversity."Mary Wollstonecraft
"I have something in my breast that ever has been, and ever will be, a man—a something that ever has been, and ever will be, my nature."Laurence Sterne
"Strength is born from our struggles and refined through our suffering."Laurence Sterne
"A man's character is revealed not in success but in adversity."Laurence Sterne
"The strength of character is tested in moments of solitude."Ann Radcliffe
"Our limitations are often invitations to transcend ourselves."Ann Radcliffe
"Character is revealed not in triumph, but in how we face adversity."Ann Radcliffe
"True strength is only found in the ability to forgive."Stendhal
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong in the broken places."Stendhal
"The measure of true character is how one behaves in adversity."Frances Burney
"The essence of strength is gentleness wisely applied."Frances Burney
"Adversity reveals the true nature of the spirit."Frances Burney
"Poverty may deprive a man of many luxuries, but not of virtue."Henry Fielding
"A man must be master of his own thoughts."Henry Fielding
"A noble spirit rises above adversity."Henry Fielding
"The greatest strength is in gentleness."Daniel Defoe
"The greatest evil that can befall man is to lose the faculty of reason."Jonathan Swift
"Great men have great faults."Jonathan Swift
"The strength of the mind is greater than the strength of the body."Laurence Sterne
"To know one's weakness is to know one's strength."Laurence Sterne
"The measure of strength is not in power over others, but in mastery of self."Ann Radcliffe
"The true test of character comes not in comfort, but in adversity."Ann Radcliffe
"Strength that knows when not to act is wisdom in its highest form."Ann Radcliffe
"Great abilities are not shown by doing easy work, but by doing hard work easily."Samuel Johnson
"The true conquest is when a man subdues himself."Samuel Johnson
"I have received a blow that has staggered me very much."Frances Burney
"To suffer without complaint is the mark of true gentility."Frances Burney
"I believe that adversity builds character in ways prosperity never can."Frances Burney
"The most dangerous enemy is often the one we fail to recognize."Henry Fielding
"The greatest strength lies in admitting one's own weaknesses."Henry Fielding