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Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall
thy strength be.
Author: Bible
Source: Deuteronomy (ch. XXXIII, v. 25)
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IV, v. 12)
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my
strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will
I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may
rest upon me.
Author: Bible
Source: II Corinthians (ch. XII, v. 9)
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For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:
therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit
still.
Author: Bible
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXX, v. 7)
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They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
Author: Bible
Source: Psalms (ch. LXXXIV, v. 7)
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Like strength is felt from hope, and from despair.
Author: Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")
Source: The Iliad (bk. XV, l. 853), (Pope's translation)
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A mass enormous! which, in modern days
No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.
Author: Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")
Source: The Iliad (bk. XX, l. 338), (Pope's translation)
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Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
Author: Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")
Source: The Odyssey (bk. IX, l. 28), (Pope's translation)
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And, weaponless himself,
Made arms ridiculous.
Author: John Milton
Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 130)
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What does not destroy me, makes me strong.
Author: John Milton
Source: Samson Agonistes (l. 130)
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The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
Source: Tristia (bk. III, 11, 22)
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The stronger always succeeds.
[Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.]
Author: Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus)
Source: Truculentus (IV, 3, 30)
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I feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Source: on landing from Cuba with his Rough Riders after the Spanish-American War
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Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Source: Marmion--Introduction (canto I)
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In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man i' th' field, and for his meed
Was brow-bound with the oak.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Coriolanus (Cominius at II, ii)
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O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Measure for Measure (Isabella at II, ii)
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Robust grass endures mighty winds; loyal ministers emerge through
ordeal.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Measure for Measure (Isabella at II, ii)
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So let it be in God's own might
We gird us for the coming fight,
And, strong in Him whose cause is ours
In conflict with unholy powers,
We grasp the weapons he has given,--
The Light, and Truth, and Love of Heaven.
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
Source: Thor Moral Warfare
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Author: Henry Ward Beecher
Source: None
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Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.
Author: Dag Hammarskjold
Source: None
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Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
Author: James A. Froude
Source: None
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Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
Author: Japanese Proverb
Source: None
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Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.
Author: Henry Drummond
Source: None
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Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Author: Lebanese Proverb
Source: None
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What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
Author: John Milton
Source: None
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Cunning is strength withheld.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: None
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Source: None
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
Source: None
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Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.
Author: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Source: None
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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Author: Amos Bronson Alcott
Source: None
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The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the music
and summon angels' aid.
Author: Saiom Shriver
Source: None
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Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
Author: Welsh Proverb
Source: None
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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
Author: Wendell L. Willkie
Source: None
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Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Author: Calvin Coolidge
Source: None
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: None
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
Author: Stanislaw J. Lec
Source: None
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A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Author: Ecclesiastes 4:12
Source: None
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The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
Author: Henry Ward Beecher
Source: None
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Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.
Author: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Source: None
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I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life.
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Source: None
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Concentration is the secret of strength.
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source: None
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O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Author: William Shakespeare
Source: None
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