"I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world."

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"I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world."

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"She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes."

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"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"The weak mind is irritated at a little: the strong mind bears it like a rock which moveth not, though a thousand breakers dash upon it, and cast their pitiful malice in spray upon its summit."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"Kill if you will, but command me nothing!' the gunslinger roared. 'You have forgotten the faces of those who made you!"

Stephen King, American Author

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Helen Keller, American Author

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"The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists."

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"The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community."

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"A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude."

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"She would roll up her sleeves and dispense with sentimentality, and do whatever blood-soaked, bad-smelling thing had to be done. She would become adept with axes."

"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

"We acquire the strength we have overcome."

"When you overcome the difficulties of life, you develop an inner strength."

"Don't deceive yourself; laughing at someone's weakness is not the way to reveal your strength. Your strength is in the help you offer, not the mockeries you deliver!"

"The weak mind is irritated at a little: the strong mind bears it like a rock which moveth not, though a thousand breakers dash upon it, and cast their pitiful malice in spray upon its summit."

"Kill if you will, but command me nothing!' the gunslinger roared. 'You have forgotten the faces of those who made you!"

"The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision."

"Adversity only makes us stronger. Every adversity we overcome makes our spirit and soul grow stronger."

"It ain't the blows we're dealt that matter, but the ones we survive."

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"The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists."

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"The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community."

"Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future."

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"We grow in time to trust the future for our answers."

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"Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make."

"A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude."