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- Nov 07, 2020
Strength Quotes
On resilience, femininity, and what really holds firm.
This set covers strength at very different scales, from women feeling pressure to prove themselves through masculine-coded traits instead of trusting their own femininity, to a bridge metaphor that measures a society by its weakest point rather than its average. See Courage quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men's is at a fast pace and focused on strength, whereas the women's is full of finesse and more skilful - and I think that's what the public have to associate with; male and female football is very different.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Despite the strength of the feminist movement in the 1970s and beyond, a fable has persisted that educated women are rejected as marriage partners.
- Adversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
What defines someone as a 'man' should not be the clothes they wear or how deep their voice is. It should be the content of his character, his strength in the face of overwhelming adversity, and his ability to still love and help others when the world has turned its back on him.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
After a post-Bill Berry softening with albums like 'Up' and 'Reveal,' R.E.M. seems to be toughening up again; on the strength of the first single, 'Discoverer,' the band's new record looks to continue with the same muscular rock and roll that defined its last album, 'Accelerate.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My fitness instructor helped me with strength training, muscle building, and toning.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
Robert Lewandowski is a player who plays in front of the opposing goal, especially with his back to the opponent. He is always attacked, and this is one of the big strength of a striker who plays in this position.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my strength is to act instinctively, really quickly, on what I believe, what I see in this person. A proper portrait. I wouldn't dream of doing something inappropriate for that person. I guess I make the person comfortable around me.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 'The Orphanage' and 'The Impossible,' 'A Monster Calls' is the perfect final chapter in a trilogy centred on the extraordinary strength of the mother-child bond.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think yoga builds strength, flexibility, and calming of the mind - which is never a bad thing.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The diversity of Europe is its strength. But for a single currency to work, over a region with enormous economic and political diversity, is not easy.
- Nov 07, 2020