Strength is a capacity for endurance. One of the dividends of suffering is the universal discovery the we posses a strength within us we never knew we had. Navigating through a difficult episode not only shows us that inner strength is there but convinces us it will always be there to serve us in the future. Overcoming gives us an assurance of personal confidence and value that far exceeds what we thought we possessed before our struggles began. — Dennis Wholey

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Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man. ― John F. Kennedy

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Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. _ George A. Sheehan

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The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

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For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book, and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief._ Fernandez de Andrada

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I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.

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Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect._ Alain De Botton

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In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact. ― Les Brown

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You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ― A.A. Mine

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Our journey is entirely imaginary. That is its strength.

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