The most powerful quotes. Aphorisms about strong people
We've rounded up 33 super-powerful quotes from famous people that will blow up your productivity.
Start doing what you need to do. Then do what you can. And suddenly you find yourself doing the impossible. — St. Francis of Assisi
Nothing is more painful to a wise man and nothing gives him more anxiety than the necessity of spending more time on trifles and useless things than they deserve. – Plato
The best way to start doing is to stop talking and start doing. — Walt Disney
Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't get caught up in a creed that exists on other people's thinking. Don't let the views of others drown out your own inner voice. And it is very important to have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you really want to do. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs
Your brain can do anything. Everything. The main thing is to convince yourself of this. The arms don’t know that they can’t do push-ups, the legs don’t know that they are weak. Your brain knows this. Once you convince yourself that you can do anything, you can truly do anything. — Robert Kiyosaki
You only get from life what you dare to ask for. Don't be afraid to raise the bar. — Oprah Winfrey
The endless desire to be the best is the duty of man. This in itself is a reward. Everything else is in God's hands. — Mahatma Gandhi
A happy person is too satisfied with the present to think too much about the future. — Albert Einstein
Sometimes things may not go the way you would like, but you shouldn't stop. — Michael Jordan
Believe in yourself! Believe in your abilities! Without modest but reasonable self-confidence, you cannot be successful or happy. — Norman Vincent Peale
We know who we are, but we don't know who we can be. — William Shakespeare
Be yourself, the rest of the roles are taken. — Oscar Wilde
Anyone who is not brave enough to take risks will achieve nothing in life. — Muhammad Ali
Plans are nothing, planning is everything. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Change is the law of life. And those who look only at the past or only at the present will undoubtedly miss the future. — John F. Kennedy
To improve means to change, to be perfect means to change often. — Winston Churchill
It's better to keep your mouth shut and look like a fool than to speak up and remove all doubts. — Mark Twain
Learning never exhausts the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
Truly, those who do not value life do not deserve it. — Leonardo da Vinci
Your well-being depends on your own decisions. — John D. Rockefeller
The great art of learning a lot is to take on a little at once. — John Locke
Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanity. — Sigmund Freud
Rule #1: Never lose money. Rule #2: Never forget rule #1. — Warren Buffett
A person dies when he stops changing, and a funeral is just a formality. — Henry Ford
At 20, you have the face that nature gave you; at 30 you have the face that life sculpted for you; and at 50 you have the face you deserve. — Coco Chanel
I will never give my life for my beliefs, because I may be mistaken. — Bertrand Russell
The only limit to our tomorrow's achievements will be our today's doubts. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Success is tempting for those who are not fed up with it. Nectar will be most quickly appreciated by those who are thirsty. — Emily Dickinson
If you don't give up, it makes a difference. — Stephen Hawking
Everything you can imagine is real. — Pablo Picasso
The best minds are not in government. If they were there, the business would steal them. — Ronald Reagan
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. He visits us at midnight. It’s wonderful when it comes and is given right into our hands. He hopes that we have at least learned something since yesterday. — John Wayne
Only the unfortunate believe in the power of fate. The happy people of this world attribute to themselves all the successes they achieve. — Jonathan Swift.
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The strength of the human spirit lies in the ability to look with interest and optimism into an unpredictable future. This is the belief that there is a way out of any difficult situation, and that all disagreements can be resolved. Beckett Bernard
If you give up, don’t despair, there will definitely be something wonderful under your feet, don’t be afraid to raise it. If it becomes difficult and scary, it is important to feel how it becomes easy and clear for you what to do now. Serge Goodman
There is a force of aspiration in the human will that turns the fog within us into the sun. Gibran Kahlil Gibran
A person is like a brick; when burned, it becomes hard. George Bernard Shaw
Happy, thrice happy is the man who is strengthened by the adversities of life. Genre Fabre
A person only achieves something when he believes in his own strength. Andreas Feuerbach
The highest characteristic of a person is perseverance in overcoming the most severe obstacles. Ludwig van Beethoven
Avoid those who try to undermine your self-confidence. A great person, on the contrary, instills the feeling that you can become great. Mark Twain
The greatest test of a man's courage is to be defeated and not lose heart. Ralph Ingersoll
Only when a person’s spiritual strength leaps up is he truly alive for himself and for others; only when his soul is red-hot and blazing does it become a visible image. Stefan Zweig
I often tell myself when things are bad,
And there are obstacles along the way.
The road is not always smooth,
There are both stones and potholes on it.
That I can survive any troubles,
I am strong, and tears suit me.
I'm not afraid of the vicissitudes of the weather,
I can overcome anything in the world.
Allow yourself to breathe deeply and don’t force yourself into limits. Strength belongs to those who believe in their own strength. Elchin Safarli
Fell face down in the mud? Stand up and convince everyone that it is healing.
I became strong because I was weak
I'm fearless because I was afraid
I am wise because I was a fool.
By admitting his weakness, a person becomes strong. Honore de Balzac
All our muscles are not a guarantee of strength, someday a day will come that will simply bring a person to his knees and the one who rises and continues to live and becomes even better - that’s the strong one!
I have me. We'll manage somehow.
Don't be afraid to face the truth - let it be afraid of you.
Don’t be afraid to not be perfect - have you met many ideal ones yourself?
Don't be afraid of criticism - this means NOT indifference,
Don't be afraid of the future - it has already arrived.
Even if it rains, tomorrow there will be sun. I will move forward as long as my heart beats. Max Lawrence
A person is what he believes in. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
If you feel like you're broken,
You are truly broken.
If you think you don't dare,
So you won't dare.
If you want to win, but you think
That you can't
You will almost certainly lose.
You don't always win the battles of life
The strongest and the fastest
But sooner or later the one who wins
It turns out that those who considered themselves capable of it!
Are you concerned about the future? Build today. You can change everything. Grow a cedar forest on a barren plain. But it is important that you do not construct cedars, but plant seeds. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Desire expresses the essence of a person. Benedict Spinoza
A person is driven primarily by motivations that cannot be seen with the eyes. A person is guided by the spirit. Apuleius
What is in a person is undoubtedly more important than what a person has. Arthur Schopenhauer
More than ten years ago
I decided to choose this path.
At first at random
But over the years, seeing the essence more deeply.
Who always goes forward
Even though sometimes the road is not easy,
Fortunately for him he will come,
Even if the chance is one in a hundred.
Without a shadow of a doubt
Without hiding my face,
Go towards your goal
Dear fighter.
Go till the end!
To end!
To move forward, a person must constantly have before him at the heights of glorious examples of courage... The future has several names. For a weak person, the name of the future is impossibility. For the faint-hearted - the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant - an ideal. The need is urgent, the task is great, the time has come. Forward to the victory! Victor Marie Hugo
Human capabilities have not yet been measured. We cannot judge them based on previous experience - the person has not yet dared so much. Henry David Thoreau
If something is beyond your power, then do not decide that it is generally impossible for a person. But if something is possible for a person and is characteristic of him, then consider that it is also available to you. Marcus Aurelius
Man is created for happiness, like a bird is created for flight. Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko
When all roads come to a dead end, when all illusions are destroyed, when not a single ray of sun shines on the horizon, a spark of hope remains in the depths of the soul of every person. Delia Steinberg Guzman
I'm not a lady. Everything that was taught
It swept over me like the wind.
But adversity did not break me,
Let me seem tough at times.
I'm not a lady. I am a fearless warrior
The one who looks only forward
The one who knows so well the value of war,
But in the distance the sunrise is already flaring up.
I fought for him and will fight,
And I will never forget in my life:
The South lost its war ingloriously
And I won my victory equally.
Touching the cotton fields with my hand,
I look with faith into the days to come...
- What helped you? - they will ask, surprised,
- Strength of spirit, just bring it back and save it!
gone With the Wind
Difficulties give rise to the abilities necessary to overcome them. W. Phillips
We are people with a strong spirit and resourceful mind; we can build help from any intrigues and obstacles! Juliana Wilson
A purposeful person finds means, and when he cannot find them, he creates them. William Ellery Channing
We must look for our essence, our human origins, our inner strengths, our potentials. The height of a person does not depend on his physical height, but on the grandeur of his dreams. The horizons that open to him are outlined not by mountains, but by his self-confidence. He is young at heart; he is the bearer and keeper of hope, he has the eternal strength to remain optimistic, enthusiastic and maintain the ability to accomplish what he strives for. Jorge Angel Livraga
True defeat is the voluntary renunciation of one's rights. Jawaharlal Nehru
When you don't get the role you deserve, you have to write it yourself.
Fate brings strong people to their knees in order to prove to them that they can rise, but it does not touch the weak - they are already on their knees all their lives.
A soul that has never suffered cannot comprehend happiness! Overcoming difficulties makes you happier. George Sand
Strength of spirit makes a person invincible. Vasily Alexandrovich Sukhomlinsky
You are very strong. I'm just very tired. Remember your wings, remember that you can fly. It's hard to walk on earth if you can fly. Spread your wings and fly. Despite the difficulties and circumstances. And despite the fact that many hold your wings. YOU are stronger!!! You will fly!!! Just believe in yourself!!!
With experience I learned -
There are no easy paths in our life.
But what won't kill me -
Tomorrow will make me stronger!
In this world everyone is alone
Free to control your own destiny,
But from start to finish
You just need to be yourself!
When it becomes very difficult for you, and everything turns against you, and it seems that you have no strength to endure one more minute, do not retreat for anything - it is at such moments that the turning point in the struggle comes. Beecher Stowe
To be strong, you must be like water. There are no obstacles - it flows; the dam - it will stop; if the dam breaks, it will flow again; in a quadrangular vessel it is quadrangular; in the round - she is round. Because she is so compliant, she is needed most and stronger than anyone!
There is no need to be sad when fatigue controls the body, the spirit is always free. In the midst of the battle you are allowed to rest. Agni yoga
The Spirit alone, touching clay, creates Man from it. Saint-Exupery A.
The self-making spirit is tuned to the wave of the forces that control the world.
True man is not an external man, but a soul communicating with the Divine Spirit. Paracelsus
The quietest and most serene place where a person can retire is his soul... Allow yourself such solitude more often and draw new strength from it. Marcus Aurelius
Your determination not to give up will allow you not to break even when everything collapses.
The main thing is not the place where you are, but the state of mind in which you are. Anna Gavalda
The spirit is strong with joy. Lucretius
The joy of the spirit is a sign of its strength. Waldo Emerson
The mind is the eye of the soul, but not its strength; the strength of the soul is in the heart. Vauvenargues
Don't be afraid of your fate,
After all, everything is extremely simple:
Do you want to know what they think about feminine power and women making their choice, famous successful women?
We bring to your attention a selection of quotes and sayings from which you can draw inspiration and strength to move on.
1. “If you want something you've never had, you'll have to do something you've never done.”
Coco Chanel
2. “The strong one is not the one who can put you on your shoulder blades with one look, but the one who can lift you up from your knees with one smile!”
Juliette Binoche
3. “What attracts a woman is not beauty, but energy.”
Irina Khakamada
Until you feel like a treasure that needs to be cherished and cared for, you shouldn't expect that from other people.
Take a group meditation.
4. “To be a strong woman, you don’t have to be aggressive or strong-willed. Like a tree, find your roots, and then the wind will not be afraid of you.”
Angela Farmer
5. “After all these years of hearing, as a woman, almost constantly, “Not thin enough, not attractive enough, not smart enough, not enough of this, not enough of that,” I woke up one morning and thought, “Enough! I am enough!
Anna Quindlen
6. “How wrong a woman is when she waits for a man to create the world of her dreams, instead of taking on it herself!”
Anais Nin
7. “Strength does not come after a person has climbed a ladder or a mountain, not after he has achieved something. Gathering your strength is an indispensable condition for the process of achievement itself. The most essential power comes from attention to the nature of the soul and its development."
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
8. “If you always try to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”
Maya Angelou
9. “What we fear most is not weakness, but our limitless strength. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.”
Marianne Williamson
10. “Being strong does not mean building muscles and playing with them. It means meeting your own divinity and not running away from it, but actively living with the wild in your own way. It means being able to learn, being able to endure what you know.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Strength of spirit, self-confidence, overcoming difficulties. The best quotes, aphorisms, statuses, poems.
The greatest test of a man's courage is to be defeated and not lose heart. Ralph Ingersoll Only when a person's spiritual strength surges up is he truly alive for himself and for others; only when his soul is red-hot and blazing does it become a visible image. Stefan ZweigThe strength of the human spirit lies in the ability to look with interest and optimism into an unpredictable future. This is the belief that there is a way out of any difficult situation, and that all disagreements can be resolved. Beckett Bernard
If you give up, don’t despair, there will definitely be something wonderful under your feet, don’t be afraid to raise it. If it becomes difficult and scary, it is important to feel how it becomes easy and clear for you what to do now. Serge Goodman
There is a force of aspiration in the human will that turns the fog within us into the sun. Gibran Kahlil Gibran
A person is like a brick; when burned, it becomes hard. George Bernard Shaw
Happy, thrice happy is the man who is strengthened by the adversities of life. Genre Fabre
A person only achieves something when he believes in his own strength. Andreas Feuerbach
The highest characteristic of a person is perseverance in overcoming the most severe obstacles. Ludwig van Beethoven
Avoid those who try to undermine your self-confidence. A great person, on the contrary, instills the feeling that you can become great. Mark Twain
The greatest test of a man's courage is to be defeated and not lose heart. Ralph Ingersoll
Only when a person’s spiritual strength leaps up is he truly alive for himself and for others; only when his soul is red-hot and blazing does it become a visible image. Stefan Zweig
I often tell myself when things are bad,
And there are obstacles along the way.
The road is not always smooth,
There are both stones and potholes on it.
That I can survive any troubles,
I am strong, and tears suit me.
I'm not afraid of the vicissitudes of the weather,
I can overcome anything in the world.
Allow yourself to breathe deeply and don’t force yourself into limits. Strength belongs to those who believe in their own strength. Elchin Safarli
Fell face down in the mud? Stand up and convince everyone that it is healing.
I became strong because I was weak
I'm fearless because I was afraid
I am wise because I was a fool.
By admitting his weakness, a person becomes strong. Honore de Balzac
All our muscles are not a guarantee of strength, someday a day will come that will simply bring a person to his knees and the one who rises and continues to live and becomes even better - that’s the strong one!
I have me. We'll manage somehow.
Don't be afraid to face the truth - let it be afraid of you.
Don’t be afraid to not be perfect—have you met many ideal ones yourself?
Don't be afraid of criticism - this means NOT indifference,
Don't be afraid of the future - it has already arrived.
Even if it rains, tomorrow there will be sun. I will move forward as long as my heart beats. Max Lawrence
A person is what he believes in. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
If you feel like you're broken,
You are truly broken.
If you think you don't dare,
So you won't dare.
If you want to win, but you think
That you can't
You will almost certainly lose.
You don't always win the battles of life
The strongest and the fastest
But sooner or later the one who wins
It turns out that those who considered themselves capable of it!
Are you concerned about the future? Build today. You can change everything. Grow a cedar forest on a barren plain. But it is important that you do not construct cedars, but plant seeds. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Desire expresses the essence of a person. Benedict Spinoza
A person is driven primarily by motivations that cannot be seen with the eyes. A person is guided by the spirit. Apuleius
What is in a person is undoubtedly more important than what a person has. Arthur Schopenhauer
More than ten years ago
I decided to choose this path.
At first at random
But over the years, seeing the essence more deeply.
Who always goes forward
Even though sometimes the road is not easy,
Fortunately for him he will come,
Even if the chance is one in a hundred.
Without a shadow of a doubt
Without hiding my face,
Go towards your goal
Dear fighter.
Go till the end!
To end!
To move forward, a person must constantly have before him at the heights of glorious examples of courage... The future has several names. For a weak person, the name of the future is impossibility. For the faint-hearted - the unknown. For the thoughtful and valiant - an ideal. The need is urgent, the task is great, the time has come. Forward to the victory! Victor Marie Hugo
Human capabilities have not yet been measured. We cannot judge them by previous experience - the person has not yet dared so much. Henry David Thoreau
If something is beyond your power, then do not decide that it is generally impossible for a person. But if something is possible for a person and is characteristic of him, then consider that it is also available to you. Marcus Aurelius
Man is created for happiness, like a bird is created for flight. Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko
When all roads come to a dead end, when all illusions are destroyed, when not a single ray of sun shines on the horizon, a spark of hope remains in the depths of the soul of every person. Delia Steinberg Guzman
I'm not a lady. Everything that was taught
It swept over me like the wind.
But adversity did not break me,
Let me seem tough at times.
I'm not a lady. I am a fearless warrior
The one who looks only forward
The one who knows so well the value of war,
But in the distance the sunrise is already flaring up.
I fought for him and will fight,
And I will never forget in my life:
The South lost its war ingloriously
And I won my victory equally.
Touching the cotton fields with my hand,
I look with faith into the days to come...
- What helped you? - they will ask, surprised,
- Strength of spirit, just bring it back and save it!
gone With the Wind
Difficulties give rise to the abilities necessary to overcome them. W. Phillips
We are people with a strong spirit and resourceful mind; we can build help from any intrigues and obstacles! Juliana Wilson
A purposeful person finds means, and when he cannot find them, he creates them. William Ellery Channing
We must look for our essence, our human origins, our inner strengths, our potentials. The height of a person does not depend on his physical height, but on the grandeur of his dreams. The horizons that open to him are outlined not by mountains, but by his self-confidence. He is young at heart; he is the bearer and keeper of hope, he has the eternal strength to remain optimistic, enthusiastic and able to accomplish what he strives for. Jorge Angel Livraga
True defeat is the voluntary renunciation of one's rights. Jawaharlal Nehru
When you don't get the role you deserve, you have to write it yourself.
Fate brings strong people to their knees in order to prove to them that they can rise, but it does not touch the weak - they are already on their knees all their lives.
A soul that has never suffered cannot comprehend happiness! Overcoming difficulties makes you happier. George Sand
Strength of spirit makes a person invincible. Vasily Alexandrovich Sukhomlinsky
You are very strong. I'm just very tired. Remember your wings, remember that you can fly. It's hard to walk on earth if you can fly. Spread your wings and fly. Despite the difficulties and circumstances. And despite the fact that many hold your wings. YOU are stronger!!! You will fly!!! Just believe in yourself!!!
With experience I learned -
There are no easy paths in our life.
But what won't kill me -
Tomorrow will make me stronger!
In this world everyone is alone
Free to control your own destiny,
But from start to finish
You just need to be yourself!
When it becomes very difficult for you, and everything turns against you, and it seems that you have no strength to endure one more minute, do not give up for anything - it is at such moments that the turning point in the struggle comes. Beecher Stowe
To be strong, you must be like water. There are no obstacles - it flows; the dam - it will stop; if the dam breaks, it will flow again; in a quadrangular vessel it is quadrangular; in the round - she is round. Because she is so compliant, she is needed most and stronger than anyone!
There is no need to be sad when fatigue controls the body, the spirit is always free. In the midst of the battle you are allowed to rest. Agni yoga
The Spirit alone, touching clay, creates Man from it. Saint-Exupery A.
The self-making spirit is tuned to the wave of the forces that control the world.
True man is not an external man, but a soul communicating with the Divine Spirit. Paracelsus
The quietest and most serene place where a person can retire is his soul... Allow yourself such solitude more often and draw new strength from it. Marcus Aurelius
Your determination not to give up will allow you not to break even when everything collapses.
The main thing is not the place where you are, but the state of mind in which you are. Anna Gavalda
The spirit is strong with joy. Lucretius
The joy of the spirit is a sign of its strength. Waldo Emerson
The mind is the eye of the soul, but not its strength; the strength of the soul is in the heart. Vauvenargues
Don't be afraid of your fate,
After all, everything is extremely simple:
Become stronger
Don't let go of your dream
Just follow her.
Black obelisk.
Any business is argued in my hands,
Seething, boiling and sparkling with flames,
My energy is resurrected again,
And the bright spirit of a fighter is in my eyes
You will become stronger from difficulties!
We have the hidden ability to rise from life's storms and become even stronger
The weakness of a strong person lies in his strength, since he is forced to keep his mark: do not cry, do not ask for help. And so on until the last... until it breaks. This fate befell me too.
You can only go through life with people who are equal in strength to you. The weak are inclined to blame you for their misfortunes, but you get involved with the strong and you yourself begin to do what you so disliked in the weak.
Let the path of the weak lead through good to evil: he will still never reach his goal. The strong one will be able to choose the goal and means, breaking all the rules.
What makes a person truly strong? Of course, his weaknesses.
Life's difficulties affect everyone differently: they make the strong happy, but they make the weak angry.
Globalization seems to have affected not only industry, but also people. They are used and thrown away. It seems that people have become disposable.
The mind weakens us. Only a person of small intelligence can be truly persistent. Alas, such persistence does not lead to anything good.
The strength of a child is trust. Only it gives him knowledge, but once he grows up... he trusts someone and he’s lost.
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A man who has conquered others is strong; a man who has conquered himself is powerful.
It takes time to gain strength and complete the changes you have started. Time and continuous effort. – Louise Hay
Everyone tries not to show their weaknesses, but they are like on display. Veselin Georgiev
Where the weak hate, the strong destroy. – Green
Anyone who is as alert as a bee throughout the day, strong as an ox, works like a horse and comes home from work as tired as a dog should ask a veterinarian for advice; there is a good chance that he is a donkey.
Do not do anything by force. – Cleobulus
You will almost always achieve more with affection than with brute force. – Aesop
Persuasion is often more effective than force.
If power is united with justice, then what could be stronger than this union? – Aeschylus
Take it not by force, but by persuasion. – Biant
What is valid for the greater must also be valid for the lesser. – Cicero Marcus Tullius
Make your way by force. – Caesar Gaius Julius
Everyone feels what their strength is, which they can count on. – Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
In movement, strength grows and gains power. – Virgil Maro Publius
The one who is first is stronger. – Horace (Quintus Horace Flaccus)
Love can be gained by affection, not by force. – Publilius Syrus
By forgiving a lot, the strong become even stronger. – Publilius Syrus
Consent strengthens even weak forces. – Publilius Syrus
The strongest is the one who controls himself. – Seneca Lucius Annaeus (the Younger)
It's easier to do more than the same. Strength must be maintained through constant exercise. – Quintilian
If a person has the ability to reason and can contemplate the sun, moon and stars and enjoy the gifts of the earth and sea, he is not alone and not helpless. – Epictetus
It is not possible to see those forces that are only allowed to be felt. – Apuleius
Many strong people are defeated by the weak. – John of Damascus
From strength comes our truthfulness, From weakness comes our deceit. – Ferdowsi
Those who direct their strength towards good deeds are the strongest. – Margaret of Navarre
Intrigue is the strength of the weak; even fools are smart enough to do harm. - William Shakespeare
We always have enough strength to endure the misfortune of our neighbor. – François de La Rochefoucauld
We have more strength than will, and we often, just to justify ourselves in our own eyes, find many things impossible for us. – François de La Rochefoucauld
Power rules the world, not thought, but thought uses power. – Blaise Pascal
To boast of strength - to carry a bull on your shoulders - means to be like him. – Bernard Le Beauvier de Fontenelle
Use your strength carefully so that you can do more later, but beware of ever doing less. – Jean Jacques Rousseau
Consciousness of one's powers increases them. – Luc de Clapier Vauvenargues
The most unpleasant feeling is the feeling of your own powerlessness. – Thomas Carlyle
No one knows what his powers are until he uses them. – Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Our strength is in the power of thought, in the power of truth, in the power of words. – Alexander Ivanovich Herzen
Strength needs no abuse. - Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Two people of the same build would not fight for long if the strength of one overpowered the strength of the other. – Kozma Prutkov
It is never a sign of cowardice to submit to a power above you. – Alexandre Dumas (father)
The strong have the right to be optimistic. – Heinrich Mann
Stronger than anything in the world are the rays of calm eyes. – Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
It’s bad when power lives without mind, but it’s not good when mind is without power... - Maxim Gorky
The strong are always kind. - Maksim Gorky
Strength is in the mind. The head is crazy, like a lantern without a candle. – Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
Strong people are always simple. – Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
If only people believed that power does not lie in force, but in truth, and would boldly express it. – Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
A strong man is not afraid of enemies, but he is afraid of friends. Having defeated the enemy with one blow, he does not feel any grief, but he is involuntarily afraid of injuring his friend, like a woman. The weak are not afraid of friends, but they are afraid of enemies. And therefore he sees everyone as an enemy. – Ryunosuke Akutagawa