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“A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak, And by its weakness overcomes.”

Heart Mother Love Is Weakness Weak Overcoming Motherhood

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the wind blows down a weak tree.”

Pleasure Tree Wind Weak Overcoming Blow Senses Temptation Enjoyment Idle

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Many of us, utterly overcome by Tamas, the dark and heavy demon of inertia, are saying nowadays that it is impossible, that India is decayed, bloodless and lifeless, too weak ever to recover; that our race is doomed to extinction. It is a foolish and idle saying. No man or nation need be weak unless he chooses, no man or nation need perish unless he deliberately chooses extinction.”

Men Needs Nations Dark Race Impossible Weak Overcoming India Heavy Foolish Demon Idle Doomed Extinction Saying No Inertia Lifeless

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Definite gifts render their possessors capable of overcoming any obstacle this side of death; they create an impetus of far more genuine value than external advantages in some other career where the impulse to make use of them remains weak or non-existent. The work that one enjoys is the greatest source of happiness and vitality in life.”

Use Values Passion Enjoy Sides Work Careers Source Capable Advantage Weak Overcoming Remains Obstacles Genuine Impulse Definite Vitality Impetus Source Of Happiness

Book:On becoming a writer

Source: On becoming a writer

“To me, strategy means trying to overcome your limitations and your weak points. To do that, I try to enhance and leverage my strong points.”

Trying Mean Strong Weak Overcoming Strategy Limitation Weak Points

Author:Stan Shih

“A strong body listens. It obeys. A weak body commands. If your body is weak it tells you what to do. If your body is strong it'll actually listen to you when you tell it to do something. If you build it right you can overcome some of the obstacles of age and recovery.”

Ifs Body Age Strong Weak Overcoming Obstacles Your Body Command Recovery

Author:Andre Agassi

“Anyone who is not totally dead to himself will soon find that he is tempted and overcome by piddling and frivolous things. Whoever is weak in spirit, given to the flesh and inclined to sensual things can, but only with great difficulty, drag himself away from his earthly desires. Therefore he is often gloomy and sad when he is trying to pull himself away from them, and easily gives way to anger should someone attempt to oppose him.”

Way Giving Should Trying Spirit Desire Given Weak Overcoming Difficulty Flesh Sensual Drag Tempted Gloomy Frivolous Earthly Desires

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.”

Tree Wind Weak Overcoming Delusion

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. On the cross, the Lord Jesus Christ was in trouble, as the world sees things. But when the sinful world considered Him to be completely destroyed, in fact He was victorious over death and hades. The Lord did not promise us positions as victors as a reward for righteousness, but told us, "In the world you will have tribulation - but be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world".”

“Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for patience and sympathy and love, and yet we are fretful and hard and weak and selfish. We are keyed not to attainment, but to the struggle toward it.”

Life Hard Life Is Evil Given Struggle Wise Goodness Weak And Love Overcoming Remains Selfish Selfishness Attainment Sympathy And Love Overcoming Evil

Author:Thornton T. Munger

“The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself.”

Strong Weak Overcoming Menace

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle - this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly.”

Knows World Way Giving Hard Asks Strong Water Kindness This World Equal Weak Overcoming Gentle Unyielding

Author:Laozi

“This morning about nine I withdrew to the woods for prayer. I was in such anguish that when I arose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome. ...I cared not how or where I lived, or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ.”

Soul Felt Christ Prayer Morning Gains Weak Overcoming Woods Nine Knees Hardship Missionary Anguish

Author:David Brainerd

“The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.”

Hard Strong Weak Overcoming Taoism

Author:Laozi

“The weak overcomes the strong. The soft overcomes the hard. Everybody in the world knows this, still nobody makes use of it.”

Knows World Stills Hard Use Strong Weak Overcoming Taoism

Author:Laozi