Quote by Leon Trotsky
The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its mor

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

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Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky

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In a serious struggle there is no worse cruelty than to be magnanimous at an inopportune time. – Leon Trotsky

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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. – Oprah Winfrey

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You had no right to be born for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other persons strength. – Charlotte Bronte

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