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Strength Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “The “why not” of youth, the secret desire to know his luck, to try his strength all on his own without the support of another, eventually won through.”

Ivan Turgenev

Youth, Curiosity, Strength, Risk, Growth

2. “Know how to will, and you will be free, and will lead.”

Ivan Turgenev

Willpower, Freedom, Leadership, Choice, Strength

3. “I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.”

Ivan Turgenev

Discipline, Self, Strength, Struggle, Growth

4. “Love, I thought, is stronger than death or the fear of death. Only by it, by love, life holds together and advances.”

Ivan Turgenev

Love, Strength, Life, Unity, Fear

5. “To be young and not to know how, is bearable; to be old and not have the strength, is too great a weight to carry. And what’s is so painful you can’t sense your powers leaving you. It’s hard for an old man to ensure such blows!”

Ivan Turgenev

Aging, Loss, Strength, Despair, Reflection

6. “Running to Mommy and Daddy on the campus grievance committee is unworthy of strong women.”

Camille Paglia

Feminism, Campus, Strength, Gender, Society

7. “One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men.”

Camille Paglia

Gender, Strength, Women, Relationships, Power

8. “I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style - her toughness and rigor.”

Camille Paglia

Politics, Admiration, Leadership, Personality, Strength

9. “I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

John D. Rockefeller

Perseverance, Success, Determination, Strength, Achievement

10. “There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance – do not sacrifice that to anything else.”

John D. Rockefeller

Self-Reliance, Independence, Strength, Confidence, Freedom

11. “I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

John D. Rockefeller

Success, Perseverance, Determination, Growth, Strength

12. “I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can and will triumph over might.”

John D. Rockefeller

Love, Strength, Triumph, Humanity, Power

13. “Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.”

Andrew Carnegie

Unity, Strength, Teamwork, Vision, Growth

14. “I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.”

Andrew Carnegie

Leadership, Morality, Strength, Success, Principles

15. “The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.”

Andrew Carnegie

Integrity, Strength, Morality, Principles, Leadership

16. “Strong men don’t compromise and principles should never be compromised.”

Andrew Carnegie

Strength, Principles, Integrity, Leadership, Character

17. “Trying to minimize weakness doesn’t produce strength.”

Guy Kawasaki

Strength, Growth, Mindset, Improvement, Resilience

18. “My mother taught me not to take any crap from anyone and to stand up for my rights. You might not believe this lesson came from a tiny Japanese woman, but it's true.”

Guy Kawasaki

Resilience, Strength, Lessons, Determination, Values

19. “Pain is life – the sharper, the more evidence of life.”

Charles Lamb

Pain, Experience, Existence, Strength, Awareness

20. “It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.”

Margaret Fuller

Truth, Integrity, Wisdom, Honesty, Strength

21. “It seems that it is madder never to abandon one’s self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor.”

Margaret Fuller

Emotion, Vulnerability, Experience, Love, Strength

22. “In order that she may be able to give her hand with dignity, she must be able to stand alone.”

Margaret Fuller

Independence, Dignity, Strength, Self-Reliance, Confidence

23. “The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.”

Margaret Fuller

Women, Genius, Intuition, Spirituality, Strength

24. “Man can never come up to his ideal standard. It is the nature of the immortal spirit to raise that standard higher and higher as it goes from strength to strength, still upward and onward. The wisest and greatest men are ever the most modest.”

Margaret Fuller

Aspiration, Growth, Strength, Wisdom, Modesty

25. “My house is made out of balsa wood, so when I want to scare the neighborhood kids I lift it over my head and tell them to get out of my yard or I’ll throw it at them.”

Steven Wright

Pranks, Home, Strength, Humor, Absurdity