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Quotes about strength in hard times “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” —Oprah Winfrey “To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity ...
Strength quotes “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A. A. Milne
Famous people, famous quotes. Many of the most memorable quotations are attributed to famous people (whether they actually said them or not!). In honor of Reader’s Digest’s 100th anniversary ...
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Sisu is extraordinary determination in the face of extreme adversity, and courage that is presented typically in situations where success is unlikely. It expresses itself in taking action against the odds, and displaying courage and resoluteness in the face of adversity; in other words, deciding on a course of action, and then adhering to it even if repeated failures ensue.
Lincolnshire: Perseverance vincit (Perseverance conquers) Middlesex: Norfolk: Northamptonshire: Rosa Concordiae Signum (The Rose—Emblem of Harmony) Northumberland: Northumberland; Nottinghamshire: Sapienter proficiens (Progress with wisdom) Oxfordshire: Sapere Aude (Dare to be wise) Rutland: Multum in Parvo (Much in little)
Usually used to support a policy of peace through strength (deterrence). In antiquity, however, the Romans viewed peace as the aftermath of successful conquest through war, so in this sense the proverb identifies war as the means through which peace will be achieved. parare Domino plebem perfectam: to prepare for God a perfect people
(Attack using the strength of another) 走為上策。 Zǒu wéi shàng cè. If all else fails, retreat. (This is the most famous one of the 36th strategy, immortalized in the form of a Chinese idiom: "Of the Thirty-Six Strategies, fleeing is best." 三十六計，走為上策。