#strengthens

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear. ↗

— Bernard Law Montgomery

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In America, we believe that competition strengthens us. ↗

— Sarah Palin

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But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith. ↗

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

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The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

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He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans. ↗

— Dave Reichert

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