- Hero
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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
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our pop scene is among the best in the world because there are 300 languages spoken on the streets of London, compared with 200 in New York. Our diversity is our strength.
- Breakfast
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the strength of Vonnegut's reputation, 'Breakfast of Champions' spent a year on the best-seller lists, proving that he could indeed publish anything and make money.
- Fall
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- Nov 07, 2020
Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to sit in my own sorrow, cry it out, talk to God, and say, 'Give me strength, wisdom.'
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I have to run and hide. What I do at home sometimes is, I listen to a CD of the roughness of the ocean. I turn every light off, and I turn the stereo on, and I just go in my mind, cry, talk to God, tell him, 'I'm your child, too.' And I stay in my little solitude until I can get the strength to go outdoors.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The functions of the president are prescribed by the Constitution, but his real achievements are not set by the letter of the law. They are determined rather by his personality, the weight of his influence, his capacity for managing men, and the strength and effectiveness of the party forces behind him.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody picks on a strong man.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
- Nov 07, 2020
Will power is only the tensile strength of one's own disposition. One cannot increase it by a single ounce.
- Endure
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- Nov 07, 2020