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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. Lao Tzu
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Even the weak become strong when they are united. Friedrich Schiller, 1759-1805
Pain, anguish and suffering in human life are always in proportion to the strength with which a man is endowed. Alexandre Dumas, The Man in the Iron Mask
By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure. Cesar Chavez
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi
The gods are on the side of the strong. Tacitus
Better to be strong than pretty and useless. Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels
It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it, even with the best right, but without being OBLIGED to do so, proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring beyond measure. He enters into a labyrinth, he multiplies a thousandfold the dangers which life in itself already brings with it; not the least of which is that no one can see how and where he loses his way, becomes isolated, and is torn piecemeal by some minotaur of conscience. Supposing such a one comes to grief, it is so far from the comprehension of men that they neither feel it, nor sympathize with it. And he cannot any longer go back! He cannot even go back again to the sympathy of men! Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
That which does not kill me makes me stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength. Napoleon Bonaparte
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. J R R Tolkien
It takes strength and courage to admit the truth. Rick Riordan
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. Paul Cezanne
Cardassia was on the edge of an abyss, Major. The war with the Klingons left us a third rate power. My people had lost their way. I’ve made them strong again. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s6e1: A Time to Stand, Gul Dukat
There are many kinds of strength and no one kind will suffice. Overwhelming nuclear strength cannot stop a guerrilla war. Formal pacts of alliance cannot stop internal subversion. Displays of material wealth cannot stop the disillusionment of diplomats subjected to discrimination. Above all, words alone are not enough. The United States is a peaceful nation. And where our strength and determination are clear, our words need merely to convey conviction, not belligerence. If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help. John F Kennedy, remarks prepared for Trade Mart Dallas 22nd November 1963 but not delivered
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. Judges 16:17
My strength is made perfect in weakness. II Corinthians 12:9
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway
But what is strength without a double share
Of wisdom, vast, unwieldy, burdensome,
Proudly secure, yet liable to fall
By weakest subtleties, not made to rule,
But to sub serve where wisdom bears command. John Milton, Samson Agonistes 53-58
Your strength is just an accident owed to the weakness of others. Joseph Conrad
What I say is that ‘just’ or ‘right’ means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party. Plato, The Republic, Thrasymachus
Though the strength is lacking, yet the willingness is commendable. Ovid
The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under! Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness, and that those beings are only the objects of pity, and that kind of love which has been termed its sister, will soon become objects of contempt. Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face – and I never did – then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall. Miles Davis