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It it not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

Lillian Hellman
US dramatist (1905 - 1984)

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Woodrow Wilson
28th president of US (1856 - 1924)

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, 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.

Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, 4. June, 1940
British politician (1874 - 1965)

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

George Eliot
English novelist (1819 - 1880)

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Louis Pasteur
French biologist & bacteriologist (1822 - 1895)

Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.

President Harry Truman, Public Papers of the President of the United States: Harry S. Truman - 1951 U.S. Gov. 1966 pp548-549

No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.

Richard Nixon

Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.

Dag Hammarskjold
Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)

.... You ask, What is our policy? I will say; "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy." You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, in his first address as the newly appointed Prime Minister.
British politician (1874 - 1965)

There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.

Homer, The Iliad
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC)

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Thomas H. Huxley
English biologist (1825 - 1895)

Never hire or promote in your own image. It is foolish to replicate your strength and idiotic to replicate your weakness. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

Dee W. Hock, Fast Company

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there.

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180 (121 AD - 180 AD)

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.

Arab Proverb

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

Thomas Paine
US patriot & political philosopher (1737 - 1809)

It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our lives that we must draw our strength to live and our reasons for living.

Simone de Beauvoir

Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.

Maxims of Ptahhotep, 3400 B.C.

We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French author & moralist (1613 - 1680)

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue him.

William Carleton

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

Democritus
Greek philosopher (460 BC - 370 BC)

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