- Good
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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
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
- Big Ones
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've already had two stem cell transplants. Very rarely does somebody have a third, so I have to maintain my strength so I can go through this.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really do love male characters, in some ways, for the fact that they get surprised when they're vulnerable. Women are more surprised by their strength.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are gay people in every community, there are bi people in every community and they can come together with a bit of strength.
- Sympathy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Strength comes in so many forms. Not just the physical strength, but to understand the emotional strength. To have emotional vulnerability, to show that's not a weakness.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
In America we have a Declaration of Independence, but our history, our advancements, our global strength all point to an American declaration of interdependence.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many people in the world would rather stay in a situation that's painful but familiar because they're comfortable with it. Not a lot of people have the strength or heart to realize when something's not good for them and to turn around and be alone.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I anticipated we would go to college, and then we would fade out - that was kind of what we wanted at the time - but social media hung onto my brother and I, and thankfully, fans hung onto my brother and I, and I think it's one of the reasons that this reemergence can come back with a little more strength, and I'm very thankful for that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me otherwise when her strength and resilience made the impossible possible in the way she worked, behaved, and took control of our lives.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020