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When we are strong we are able to call upon those skills and qualities that let us withstand stress. We stay firm in our purpose and clear in our thinking despite hardships or social pressures. True strength requires not that we stick to a chosen course no matter what, but that we adapt and persist in the service of our goals.


Strength is not about finding life consistently easy; it is about doing what needs to be done. It is not about denying emotions such as grief, sorrow, or despair, but about moving through them--and knowing when we must rely on the strength of others to carry us through.


We draw strength from each other, our sense of purpose, our joys and our dreams.

Strength


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Water has the capability to spliter: it needs a splash.

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Poetry
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Contribution #3842


It's not who you are, it's what you do that matters

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Todd Cloutier
Contribution #3820


We unite our humility With our Creator’s ability When we embrace His divine grace

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Integrated Gospel Perceptions http://
Contribution #3795


The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers. Martin Luther King Jr., 'Strength to Love,' 1963

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The Strength Of Love
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Contribution #3742


The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage they did not know they had.

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"The world will be saved by the western woman."

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Women on the Edge of Evolution
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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Viewed on November 13, 2009
Contribution #3620


Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

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It is essential that in a society, divine thoughts and power should co-exist. Simple Faith, not backed by material forces, is weak and Strength without touch of Divinity is monstrous.

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From the discourses of Rev. Pandurang Shastri Athavale
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That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

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ORWELL: THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
by Michael Sheldon
Page Chapter Seventeen, pages 355 - 358
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“Everything that happens to you makes you stronger” isn’t really true. It is what you choose to learn from everything that makes you the person you are today. Every situation presents us with a choice: what will you do with this? Will you learn from this experience, as difficult as it may be, to grow and become a better & stronger person? Or will you assume the victim role, become bitter, and forever blame everyone & everything around you for your life? Everyone is tested; not everyone learns.

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Shared Thoughts & Other Musings
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Contribution #3207


Hear me, four quarters of the world - a relative I am! Give me the strength to walk the soft earth, a relative to all that is! Give me the eyes to see and the strength to understand, that I may be like you. With your power only can I face the winds.

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With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.

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Jone Johnson Lewis
"Integrity/Individuality Quotes"
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Viewed on October 25, 2008
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Hold your precious heart steadfast in fortitude until the siege has passed and you will be duly nourished.

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Virtues Reflection Cards
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Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

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It is not the "courage to be" that we must develop as much as the "courage to become." We are responsible for our destiny. The meaning of life is not located in some hidden crevice in the womb of nature but is created by free persons, who are aware that they are responsible for their own futures and have the courage to take this project into their own hands.

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Paul Kurtz
"Humanist of Utah"
http://www.humanistsofutah.org/quotes.html
Viewed on August 14, 2008
Contribution #1875


We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

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But never forget that you can only stumble if you are moving.

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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

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Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

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Through communication there is understanding.
With understanding there is unity.
In unity there is strength.

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Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith.

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John Ruskin
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Viewed on April 21, 2008
Contribution #961


It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

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"Speech in Paris, 1910"
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The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it.

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Bhagavad Gita
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Contribution #766


To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

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The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

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Voltaire
Viewed on April 9, 2008
Contribution #310


We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

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Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.

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Jean Paul
Viewed on April 7, 2008
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