Strength Quotes
Not just muscle and might, but the inner resolve that carries people through impossible situations.
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"A thousand enemies outside the wall are less dangerous than one enemy within."Maimonides
"Strength is the ability to endure, not merely to conquer."Maimonides
"The strength of the mind lies in its ability to perceive the connections between all things."Leibniz, Gottfried
"The power of thought lies in its ability to transcend the limitations of matter."Leibniz, Gottfried
"True strength comes not from the absence of weakness, but from the mastery of it."Leibniz, Gottfried
"Each thing insofar as it is capable of being aided by external causes has the faculty of preserving itself in being."Spinoza, Baruch
"The perfection of a thing is measured by its power of acting."Spinoza, Baruch
"The more determined we are by our own nature, the freer and more powerful we become."Spinoza, Baruch
"The mind has the power to overcome all obstacles."Descartes, René
"Anger is the enemy of right judgment."Al-Ghazali
"Envy consumes the envious as fire consumes wood."Al-Ghazali
"To master oneself is greater than to master a city."Al-Ghazali
"The strong person is not the one who defeats others, but the one who defeats himself."Al-Ghazali
"The greatest strength lies in knowing your weakness."Avicenna
"The strength of a person is measured not by what they can do but by what they choose not to do."Avicenna
"The strength of a chain is measured by its weakest link, as the strength of society by its neediest member."Locke, John
"Strength is not measured in the force of one's blow, but in the depth of one's conviction."Locke, John
"The strength of the mind should not be measured by its subtlety, but by its amplitude."Hume, David
"The strength of a person lies in their convictions."Averroes
"One who rules himself is greater than one who conquers a city."Maimonides
"Compassion is not a weakness; it is the highest strength."Maimonides
"Insofar as the mind understands all things as necessary, it has a certain power of determining the affections of the body."Spinoza, Baruch
"The perfection of a thing is measured by its power of action."Spinoza, Baruch
"The effort by which each thing strives to persevere in its being is the essence of that thing."Spinoza, Baruch
"Strength is knowing what one truly wants."Spinoza, Baruch
"Weakness is clinging to what diminishes us."Spinoza, Baruch
"One must harbor a certain toughness of spirit to function successfully in this world."Descartes, René
"What can shake a man if he has conquered himself?"Descartes, René
"Strength of character is built not in moments of comfort, but in times of adversity."Avicenna
"True strength lies not in the body, but in the mastery of one's desires."Al-Ghazali