- Man
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find there's a thin, permeable membrane between journalism and history, and though some academic historians take a dim view of it, I gather a lot of strength and professional inspiration from passing back and forth across it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's very refreshing to see women in cinema having strength and their own independent storyline.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Jesus was a teacher, in a way. I mean, essentially, Jesus was a teacher. He was teaching people. He was helping them see themselves for what they were. He was helping them see their power, their strength, their beauty, what they're capable of.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.
- Memory
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think you necessarily have to be crazy-fit for freeskiing. So much of the sport has to do with agility and nimbleness and flexibility and other things. It's a lot of muscle memory - it's more like dance, in a way - it's technique more than strength or endurance.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
The programs I do with my trainer are amazing for overall strength and have a major focus on building my core. We do a lot of unique exercises that shake up the nervous system, which builds my balance and propreception. That's really important for my sport.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is... I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances... but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020