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"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent."
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
"Knowledge is power."
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
"Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also."
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
"You feel your strength in the experience of pain."
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result."
"The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet."
"I love those who can smile in trouble."
"It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go."
"I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially."
"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."
"Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think."
"Our strength grows out of our weakness."
"Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength."
"Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle."
"I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds"
