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“In difficulties, the true strength lies in never losing smile.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Nelle difficoltà, la vera forza sta nel non perdere mai il sorriso.
Source: prevale.net
“The strength in the heart of every true mother has no equal.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La forza nel cuore di ogni vera madre non ha eguali.
Source: prevale.net
Jung Myung Seok (1945) South Korean Leader of New Religious Movement, Poet, Author, Founder of Wolmyeongdong Center
Extracted from Proverbs Blog https://providencepath.wordpress.com/2016/06/26/jung-myung-seok-dont-regret-in-your-life/ ]
Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914–1963) Prime Minister of Iraq
The historical extempore speech at the Reserve Officers' College (1959)
Mark Hopkins (educator) (1802–1887) American educationalist and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 61.
Max Lucado (1955) American clergyman and writer
Source: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) American science fiction author, philosopher, cult leader, and the founder of the Church of Scientology
A New Slant on Life (1998).
Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter
"Into the Fire"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)
“Isn't strength the ability to renounce every lie in your heart?”
Bisco Hatori (1975) Japanese manga artist
Source: Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 7
“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light.”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
“Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”
Joseph Conrad book Heart of Darkness
Source: Heart of Darkness
“Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power.”
James Allen book As a Man Thinketh
Source: As a Man Thinketh
“There can be no faith without doubt. No strength without temptation. (Rafael)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
First mentioned as "Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking and using our potential." according to Quote Investigator in the 1981 book The Reflecting Pond: Meditations for Self-Discovery by Liane Cordes, Quote Page 89, Hazelden Publishing, Center City, Minnesota. For further research on this quote see: Quote Investigator (August 31, 2013): Continuous Effort — Not Strength or Intelligence — Is the Key to Unlocking and Using Our Potential Winston Churchill? Liane Cordes? Liane Cardes? Apocryphal? Archived http://archive.is/E0M12 on June 2, 2020. <br class="br">Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/08/21/effort/ from the original
“Why do you lack the strength to escape the obligation to breathe?”
Emil M. Cioran book A Short History of Decay
A Short History of Decay (1949)
“Sobriety is the strength of the soul, for it preserves its reason unclouded by passion.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in The History of Philosophy: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century (1819) by William Enfield
Sobriety is the strength of the mind; for it preserves reason unclouded by passion.
As quoted in Bible of Reason (1831) by Benjamin F. Powell, p. 157
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
As quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources (1899) by James Wood