“Courage, strength and value of a person are measured by the ability to face up difficulties.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Coraggio, forza e valore di una persona si misurano dalla capacità di affrontare le difficoltà.
Source: prevale.net
James McCosh (1811–1894) British philosopher
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 216.
Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901) Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist
"To David in Heaven", St. 13.
Undertones (1883)
Marcus Buckingham (1966) British writer
Source: Now, Discover Your Strengths (2001), p. 21
“Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.”
Alain Badiou (1937) French writer and philosopher
Source: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil
“The hidden strength is too deep a secret. But in the end… in the end it is our only ally.”
Joanne Greenberg book I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Source: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
Billy Graham (1918–2018) American Christian evangelist
“real strength is not hitting when what you most want to do is kill.”
Ally Carter book Only the Good Spy Young
Source: Only the Good Spy Young
“Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”
Brandon Sanderson book The Way of Kings
Source: The Way of Kings
“God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.”
Dan Brown book Angels & Demons
Source: Angels & Demons
“Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.”
Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer
“Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil not the strength to choose between the two.”
John Cheever (1912–1982) American novelist and short story writer
The Late Forties and the Fifties, 1956 entry.
The Journals of John Cheever (1991)
“It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.”
Morrissey (1959) English singer
from the 1986 song "I Know It's Over"
From songs
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) Dutch resistance hero and writer
Source: Clippings from My Notebook
“Truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour.”
Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church
In Address to the International Diplomats Address to the International Diplomats http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/march/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060318_intern-organizations_en.html (18 March 2006) <br class="br">2006
Vladislav Doronin (1962) European businessman
Interview with Spa.com http://www.spabusiness.com/TP_counter.cfm?sitecode=SB&linktype=story&codeID=31102&viewtype=online
Lydia Sigourney (1791–1865) American poet
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 324.
