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Letter "S" » Strength
«Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor-I will need them all.»
Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh
| About:
Courage,
Happiness,
Strength
| Keywords:
gotten, humor, sense of humor, somehow
«Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it.»
«Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.»
Author: Og Mandino
(Essayist, Psychologist)
| About:
Determination,
Motivational,
Strength,
Success
| Keywords:
determination, determinations, enough, failure, overtake, overtaken, overtaking, strong, succeed, with determination
«From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.»
«Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Perseverance,
Strength,
Work
| Keywords:
performed, perseverance
«Follow your honest convictions and be strong»
«For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Strength
| Keywords:
impenetrable, inside, shield, shielded, shielding
«Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.»
Author: Hermann Hesse
(Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Age,
Beauty,
Cruelty,
Culture,
Custom,
Education,
Strength,
Traditions,
Weakness
| Keywords:
accepts, beauties, cruelties, cultures, custom, human culture, it accepts, overlap, overlapping, patiently, Real Character, reduced, sufferings, tradition, Two Cultures
«He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.»
Author: Lao Tzu
(Philosopher)
| About:
Power,
Relationships,
Strength
| Keywords:
all powerful, gains, powerful, victory
«He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices»
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