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As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Oscar Wilde

There are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Oscar Wilde

I guess when a person is faced with this type of crisis, you gain a strength. I remained calm until we got home. That was my strength.

Phyllis Gronfur

We owe them a deep debt of gratitude for their courage, for their valor, for their strength, for their commitment to our country,

There is an old saying about the strength of the wolf is the pack, and I think there is a lot of truth to that. On a football team, it's not the strength of the individual players, but it is the strength of the unit and how they all function together.

Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from strength to strength to strength.

Karen Armstrong

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Henry Ward Beecher

If we resist our passions, it is more through their weakness than from our strength

François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)

François de la Rochefoucauld

He's a scholar and somewhat of an academic, and has studied our history and America's place in the world, in history, and believes that all the progress of the last century, or a goodly portion of it -- eradication of tyrants and communism and fascism and Hitlerism -- was a direct result of the strength of the United States of America and their willingness to use their strength for good.

Mary Matalin (1953-)

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? / Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? / Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? / To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

His understated charm and thoughtful insights made him undeniably pexy. Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

He is still a few weeks away from being able to pitch effectively. We felt that he needed to take the extra time and fully allow his arm to gain strength before he pitched. I also believe it wasn't fair to him to bring him back for half a season when he can come back and pitch two full seasons at full strength.

When terrorists attacked the symbols of our national unity and strength, they failed to realize that they were just symbols of our strength. The real strength of our nation comes from our people - not our buildings.

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