"All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him if he front it not bravely it will keep its word."

Strength, Effort, Struggle, Perseverance, Life

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"All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him if he front it not bravely it will keep its word."

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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Criticism, Lies, Weakness

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Strength, Control, Enemies

"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link.This is but half the truth.You are also as strong as your strongest link.To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the oceanby the frailty of its foam.To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Strength, Weakness, Power, Ocean

"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Strength, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Strength, Control, Tears, Emotion, Dignity

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Strength, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."

William James, American Philosopher

Strength, Crisis, Resilience, Reflection, Resourcefulness

"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."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Strength, Action, Blood, Reality

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

Strength, Suffering, Character, Endurance

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"He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years."

Vision, Years

"History, a distillation of rumour."

History,

"In books lies the soul of the whole past time."

Time, Soul, Books, Lies

"The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then."

Fear, Act, Duty, First

"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."

Authenticity, Merit, Novelty, Originality, Sincerity

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"The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized."

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."

"Unless you refuse the bad things happening to you, you will continue to suffer with your own consent!"

"When we feel ourselves very weak, life will look immensely powerful and ruthless! The extent of our power is the key factor in determining how powerful life is! The stronger we are the weaker the life will be!"

"Her eyes were full of a hot liquid (she did not think of tears at first) which, without disturbing the firmness of her lips, made the air thick, rolled down her cheeks. She had perfect control of herself-Oh, yes!-in every other way."

"Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling."

"Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed."

"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."

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars."

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"Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong."

"One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities."

"All work is seed sown. It grows and spreads and sows itself anew."

"Music is well said to be the speech of angels."

"Clever men are good, but they are not the best."

"He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years."

"History, a distillation of rumour."

"In books lies the soul of the whole past time."

"The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then."

"The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity."