"The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength."

Strength, Land, Sea

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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

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Strength, Spirit, Will, World

"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

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"'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do."

Man

"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be."

God

"But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?"

Life

"All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves."

June

"God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency."

God

"No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something."

Fight

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

Faith

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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."

"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit."

"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."

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"'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do."

"Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be."

"But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past?"

"All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves."

"God's justice, tardy though it prove perchance, Rests never on the track until it reach Delinquency."

"No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something."

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"

"Ignorance is not innocence but sin."

"Autumn wins you best by this, its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay."