"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
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"The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!"
"The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory"
"It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny."
"Nothing has more strength than dire necessity."
"Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars."
"Practice all movements slow and fast, soft and hard; the effectiveness of Jeet Kune-Do depends on split-second timing and reflexive action, which can be achieved only through repetitious practice."
"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."
"Standing there at the stage door to the rest of your life. Time to dip your toe into the deep end. Try things. Say hi already. Laugh a lot. Mess up. Apologize. Mess up again. Hug people. Take chances. Trust yourself. Lose things. Get over it. Hold your friends close. Gather your strength. Gain wisdom and beautiful stories. Be brave, and you'll have the time of your life."
"Being an # entrepreneur is not a get-rich scheme; it takes # strength of character to keep going."
"All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite future is before you."
"The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil tendency becomes confirmed by habit, rage is triggered when anyone restrains you."
"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."
"True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself."
"Men and women have strengths that complement each other."
"It is the business of little minds to shrink."
"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow."
"Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment."
"I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest."
"I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose."