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Do not pray for a lighter pack, just a stronger back.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. --Henry Ward Beecher
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time. --Anna Freud
It is said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength. --Charles Haddon Spurgeon
It is truly said: It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do. --Chow Ching
Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible--not to have run away. --Dag Hjalmar Agné Carl Hammarskjold
Nothing is so powerful as gentleness; nothing is so gentle as true strength. --Saint Francis de Sales
Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you -- gently, with love, and hand your life back to you." --Tennessee Williams
Our strength grows out of our weakness. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our strength often increases in proportion to the obstacles imposed upon it. --Paul De Rapin
Perhaps I am stronger than I think. --Thomas Merton
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will. --Jawharlal Nehru
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution. --Gibran, Kahlil
The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong. --Thomas Carlyle
The burden is equal to the horse's strength. --"The Talmud"
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. --Orlando A. Battista
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. --Thomas Paine
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. --Thucyclides
There are two kinds of weakness, that which breaks and that which bends. --James Russell Lowell
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. --Booker T. Washington
We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. --Thomas Jefferson
When I dare to be powerful -to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. --Audre Lorde
You must be strong now. You must never give up. And when people make you cry and you are afraid of the dark, don't forget the light is always there. --"Touched by an Angel"
