Strength quotes
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"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
"The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way."
"In diversity there is beauty and there is strength."
"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time."
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."
"The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all."
"The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud."
"The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry."
"Storms make trees take deeper roots."
"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."
"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
"Never pray to God for release of your problems. Never pray to God to change your life, and to give you something better. This is wrong prayer. If you have to pray to God, pray to God to give you the strength and the wisdom and the courage that you need to be able to handle the situation that you're in. This is correct prayer."
"Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree."
"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing."
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?"
"Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky."
"Patience and time do more than strength or passion."
"I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong"
