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«Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.»
«But I did love you then, only I didn't realize it because it was so strong, and I still do love you, even though I know I've probably blown my chance.»
«Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.»
«How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.»
«A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.»
«Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.»
«Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.»
«He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty»
Author: Lao Tzu (Philosopher) | Keywords: conquers, mighty, strong
«A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.»
«A chain is only as strong as its weakest link»