The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

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The world breaks everyone or nearly everyone, of their childish illusions, assumptions and wishes, often painfully and afterwards due to the personal growth in practical experience, insight and the resulting wisdom many are strong at the broken places just like mended broken bones often are, and some people even have the great insight to be grateful for the purifying fire.

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Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals. Mahatma Gandhi

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But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.

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Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity. - David Hare

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Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.

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The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.

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God is only as strong as your belief in him. ― Sachin Kumar Puli

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A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

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No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity - and more specifically our resilience - that makes us strong and successful.

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