“It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.”
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“When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.”
“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.”
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”
“May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.”
“Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.”
“The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.”
“The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth.”
“And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.”
“If we resist our passions, it is more due to their weakness than our strength.”
“We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.”
“I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.”
“Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.”
“I couldn't beat people with my strength I don't have a hard shot I'm not the quickest skater in the league. My eyes and my mind have to do most of the work.”
“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.”
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
“Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!”
“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”
“Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.”
“Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed.”
“Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.”
“One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”
“All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.”
“An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”