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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. – Leon Trotsky

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap. – Ani DiFranco

The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience. – Augustus Hare

Our passion is our strength. – Billie Joe Armstrong

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. – Lyndon B. Johnson

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws. – Barbara Kingsolver

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. – Cesare Pavese

When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they? – Aeschylus

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. – William E. Gladstone

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust. – Marquis de Sade

That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together. – Noel Coward

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. – Oliver Goldsmith

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty. – Walter Scott

From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength. – Cesar Chavez

Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness. – Billy Corgan

I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind. – Alexis Arguello

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts not amid joy. – Arthur Helps

Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm. – Jean Paul

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. – Louis Pasteur