#strength

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#itself #lean #learns #mind #solitude

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#hath #his #knows #met #own

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #around #backgrounds #common #common language

My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #around #backgrounds #bilingual #come

You're blessed if you have the strength to work. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#blessed #strength #you

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. ↗

— LL Cool J

#adversity #back #calm #grounded #most

Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men. ↗

— Alfred Jarry

#constitutes #free #free men #men #real

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. ↗

— Helen Keller

#emerge #into #light #shall #shattered

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#best #breed #cheerfulness #content #diligence

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#birth #born #come #education #estate