"Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win."
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"The king's name is a tower of strength."
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"A strong person makes the law and custom null before his own will."
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"Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect."
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"The best guide in life is strength."
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"Strength is the outcome of need."
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"Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical."
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"Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength."
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"When we protect the places where the processes of life can flourish, we strengthen not only the future of medicine, agriculture and industry, but also the essential conditions for peace and prosperity."
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"Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man."
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"Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg."
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"My opportunities were still there, nay, they multiplied tenfold; but the strength and youth to cope with them began to fail, and to need eking out with the shifty cunning of experience."
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"If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice" or "legal" and "criminal," for, in the strength to set standards, resides the strength to maintain control."
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"Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough."
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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."
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"How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!"
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"The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper."
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"Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm."
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"I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success."
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"Strength is happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness"
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