S Quotes
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“Strength must build up, not destroy. It should outdo itself, not others who are weaker. Used without responsibility, it causes nothing but harm and death. I can lift the heaviest weights, but I can not take the responsibility off my shoulders. Because the way we use our strength defines our fate. What traces will I leave on my path into the future? Do we really have to kill in order to live? My true strength lies in not seeing weakness as weakness. My strength needs no victims. My strength is my compassion.”
“Strength of body. Strength of mind. strength of personality. All this things lie within a person. They define us. They determine our limits.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“Strength of body, strength of mind, strength of character, qualities to be admired in any person.”
“Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character.”
“Strength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.”
“Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.”
Source: On War
“Strength of character is already written. What we bring, as an actor, is an almost 3D-ness to it.”
“Strength of character is certainly needed to face life in the world and to stand by right principles, especially in the age in which we live.”
“Strength of character is her best asset... and she wears it like a crown.”
“Strength of character is never with those who blindly follow. You need to be able to make your own choices and walk your own path.”
Source: The Crystal Ribbon
“Strength of character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break, it's also about how much you can handle after you've broken.”
“Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.”
Source: The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time
“Strength of character will carry you further than physical strength alone.”
“Strength of creative writing lies in the skill of handling words and articulating artistic expression of feelings”
“Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.”
Source: Life comp. by Owen Ruffhead
“Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.”
“Strength of my heart, I need not fail, Not mind to fear but to obey, With such a Leader, who could quail? Thou art as Thou wert yesterday. Strength of my heart, I rest in Thee, Fulfil Thy purposes through me.”
“Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Strength of the Heart comes from knowing that the pain that we each must bear is part of the greater pain shared by all that lives. It is not just 'our' pain, but 'the' pain and realizing this awakens our universal compassion”
Source: A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life
“Strength of the mind is more powerful than strength of the muscles.”
“Strength of will - is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won't go away, who won't stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I've ever coached had ego to spare.”
“Strength on its own in a woman is quite abrasive and not terribly attractive all the time.”
“Strength other than that received from God is just hype manufactured by men.”
“Strength should always be complimented by softness. If you resist too much, you will break. Thus, the strong person knows when to use strength and when to yield, and good fortune and disaster depend on whether you know how and when to yield.”
Source: Lieh-tzu: A Taoist Guide to Practical Living
“Strength that goes wrong is even more dangerous than weakness that goes wrong.”
Source: Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: First lady of the world, her acclaimed columns, 1953-1962
“Strength that has effort in it is not what you need; you need the strength that is the result of ease.”
Source: Rolfing and Physical Reality
“Strength through Faith. Empower your supporters and gain strength in them. Pray for safety, strength, and blessings for all who help you succeed. - Strong by Kailin Gow”
“Strength times strength times strength times strength times strength times strength means power.”
“Strength to do battle begins with enlisting the strength of God.”
“strength to unity unity through faith”
“Strength to your arm, then.”
Source: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
“Strength-Train Your Vagina, For Tantric Spiritual, Ecstasy For You, And Him.”
Source: Tantra: The Sexual Meditation
“Strength wasn‘t about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do it.”
Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned
“Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord.”
“Strength without agility is a mere mass.”
“Strength without direction is the biggest weakness.”
“Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.”
“Strength without mind is a weakness.”
“Strength without wisdom breeds nothing but savagery. Wisdom without strength promises nothing but extinction.”
“Strength your Soul against the stalk of the Ego, make it worth of the name of Diamond Soul.”
“Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!”
Source: You Can Work Your Own Miracles
“Strength, confidence, humility and love. Hector Ricardo's four tenets of life.”
“Strength, courage & wisdom...it's been inside of me all along.”
“Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them, no 'higher' virtues can be entertained. You need to be alive to philosophize. You can add to these virtues and you can create rules and moral codes to govern them, but if you remove them from the equation altogether you aren't just leaving behind the virtues that are specific to men, you are abandoning the virtues that make civilization possible.”
“Strength, strength alone, is honorable, the German nation clamors in its majesty. But since it is hard to muster strength so suddenly, they have to make do with boorishness.”
“Strength, strength for us. What we need is strength, who will give us strength? There are thousands to weaken us, and of stories we have had enough.”
Source: Lectures from Colombo to Almora
“Strength, strength is what the Upanishads speak to me from every page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has been the one great lesson I have been taught in my life; strength, it says, strength, O man, be not weak. Are there no human weaknesses? - says man. There are, say the Upanishads, but will more weakness heal them, would you try to wash dirt with dirt? Will sin cure sin, weakness cure weakness? Strength, O man, strength, say the Upanishads, stand up and be strong.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Strength, the American way, is not manifested by threats of criminal prosecution or police state methods.
Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.”
“Strength, wanting judgment and policy to rule, overturneth itself.”