Strength Quotes

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

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"The strong embrace change; the weak resist it."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Strength is not in muscles but in character."
Ivan Turgenev
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"A man without contradiction is a man without depth."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"Strength lies in knowing which battles to surrender."
Mikhail Lermontov
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"He was a man of no great importance, but he had his dignity."
James Joyce
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"The real battle is between the world and your soul."
James Joyce
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"Our bites are sharp and we have many teeth."
James Joyce
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"Debasement and self-degradation are almost never necessary for anything."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"There is something in humiliation which is particularly horrible."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"A pure heart needs no justification."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"Man can endure the greatest hardships if he believes they are necessary."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Leo Tolstoy
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"When a person hasn't food or drink, he can go on for a considerable time without them."
Anton Chekhov
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"Talent is a matter of luck; character is not."
Ivan Turgenev
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"A man's worth cannot be measured by the house in which he lives."
Ivan Turgenev
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"A man can be conquered by force, but never by words."
Ivan Turgenev
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"Hate is a great thing and can sustain the soul."
William Butler Yeats
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"A woman can be proud and stiff when on her pedestal."
William Butler Yeats
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"How the strong man exults in his strength."
William Butler Yeats
"The world breaks everyone, then some become strong at the broken places."
Samuel Beckett
"Strength comes from accepting our weakness."
Samuel Beckett
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
Oscar Wilde
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"The trouble is that I have a hyper-active conscience."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"The power of forgiveness exceeds all other human powers."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"The measure of a man is not his achievements but his character."
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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"The greatest power is the power to forgive."
Leo Tolstoy
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"Strength is not about physical power, but moral fortitude."
Leo Tolstoy
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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
James Joyce
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"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."
James Joyce
"The world breaks everyone, then some become strong."
Samuel Beckett