Evil People

“Evil people always support each other, that is their chief strength.”
--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Exchanging Freedom

“Exchanging freedom for security is a mistake. Security always comes from strength not submission. Make yourself strong to keep yourself safe and free.”
--Jeffrey Fry

Downfall of Man

“The downfall of man will not come because of the strength of our enemies, but because we forget why we stand our ground against impossible odds and lose sight on how vital the bonds of brotherhood are.”
--J.R.R. Tolkien

Use What You Got

“We do not need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What we need is to use what we have.”
--Basil S. Walsh

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Tolerate Truth

“You can tell the strength of a man’s character by how much truth he could tolerate, or more precisely, to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified.”
--Friedrich Nietzsche

Blame Others

“It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.”
--Orson Scott Card

Earth's Beauty

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
--Rachel Carson

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Freedom of Speech

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins. Republics derive their strength and vigor from a popular examination into the action of the magistrates.”
--Benjamin Franklin

Strenght of Character

“Strength of character can defeat strength in numbers.”
--Unknown

Face Fear

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.”
--Eleanor Roosevelt

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National Strength

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
--Confucius

Fight Against Myself

“I seek strength, not to be stronger than my brother, but to fight against my greatest enemy, myself.”
--American Indian Proverb

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All In

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”
--Albert Einstein

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Know Your Strength

“He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.”
--Ben Jonson

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Not Enough Strength

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
--Theodore Roosevelt

Love's Virtures

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
--Lao Tzu

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Love Many Things

“Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”
--Vincent Van Gogh

Decadent Power

“Any established power system grows decadent over time, if there is nothing with the strength or motivation to challenge it, and if it refuses to challenge itself.”
--Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Master Yourself

“Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.”
--Lao Tzu

Will Power

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
--Mahatma Gandhi

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