STRENGTH QUOTES III

quotations about strength

The greatest strength expires with loss of breath;
The mightiest in one minute stoop to death.

THOMAS DEKKER

Old Fortunatus

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination.

MAYA ANGELOU

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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One test of strength is the ability to take defeat graciously.

LEWIS F. KORNS

Thoughts


Strength, wanting judgment and policy to rule, overturneth itself.

HORACE

attributed, Day's Collacon

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It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.

ELBERT HUBBARD

The American Bible

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By relying on our own resources, we acquire mental strength; but when we lean on others for support, we are like an invalid who having accustomed himself to a crutch, finds it difficult to walk without one.

LADY BLESSINGTON

attributed, Day's Collacon


Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.

TIBETAN PROVERB


The measure of a man's estimate of your strength is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.

HOWARD THURMAN

The Luminous Darkness: A Personal Interpretation of the Anatomy of Segregation and the Ground of Hope


It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

MAHATMA GANDHI

Wit and Wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi


Strength, if not used to protect, is but weakness.

LEWIS F. KORNS

Thoughts

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A glass of water might be easy to pick up, but try holding it for five minutes. By this dynamic, the strongest people I know are the ones who have been able to sustain their burdens over a course of time.

JACKIE SUMMERS

"Power vs. Strength", The Good Men Project, July 11, 2017


Ultimate strength is a measure of the load that breaks a specimen.

LARRY F. JEFFUS

Welding: Principles and Applications


Strength avails not a coward.

FRANCOIS RABELAIS

attributed, Day's Collacon

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If strength alone ruled, the elephant would be king of the world.

ELIZA COOK

Diamond Dust

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The strongest may have need of more strength.

EDWARD COUNSEL

Maxims

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Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress, January 9, 1958

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Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.

STEVE MARABOLI

Life, the Truth, and Being Free


When a man goes in the fullness of his strength upon any enterprise, how do his blood and spirits triumph beforehand! No motion of hand or foot is without a sensible delight.

JOHN HOWE

"The Blessedness of the Righteous", The Works of John Howe


The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength--and strength alone.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

speech, July 3, 1951


In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

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