Inner strength

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Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic

Steadfastness Dependability Inner strength Courage

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Henry S. Haskins

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Inner strength

Author

Henry S. Haskins

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Haskins, Henry S [published anonymously]. "Metapsychics." Meditations in Wall Street. William Morrow & Company, 1940.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Maya Angelou

Still I Rise

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Topic

Resilience Inner strength

Author

Maya Angelou

Source

Still I Rise

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Angelou, Maya. "And Still I Rise." And Still I Rise. Random House, 1978, I. 21.

It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.

Seneca the Younger

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Topic

Free will Overcoming adversity Inner strength The mind

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

On the Happy Life

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

58 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Seneca the Younger. De Vita Beata [On the Happy Life]. c. 58.

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Eyes Inner strength

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

I bend and I break not.

Jean de la Fontaine

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Topic

Inner strength Fortitude

Author

Jean de la Fontaine

Source

Fables (de la Fontaine)

Medium

Fable and fairytale

Language

French

Time

1668 1660s 17th century

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Original Citation

La Fontaine, Jean. "Le chene et le roseau [The Oak and the Reed]." Fables. Paris, 1668, bk. 1, no. 22.

Current Citation

La Fontaine, Jean. "The Oak and the Reed." The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated by Norman R. Shapiro. University of Illinois Press, 2007, bk. 1, no. 22.

Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic

Resilience Inner strength

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 5.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Inner strength Resilience

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

Greek

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 29.

For he that is fallen low did never firmly stand.

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Inner strength Character

Author

Boethius

Source

The Consolation of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

523 520s 6th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 1, poem I.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 1, poem 1.

I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king.

Elizabeth I

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Topic

Inner strength Girl power

Author

Elizabeth I

Source

Tilbury Speech

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1588 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Queen Elizabeth I. Speech to her troops in the Spanish Armada. 9 Aug. 1588, Tilbury, England, UK.

Current Citation

Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I: Collected Works. University of Chicago Press, 2000.

A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now.

Les Miserables

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Topic

Adversity Inner strength

Speaker

Eponine

Actor

Samantha Barks

Source

A Little Fall of Rain Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"A Little Fall of Rain." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Samantha Barks, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong.

Chris McCandless

Into the Wild

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Topic

Inner strength

Speaker

Chris McCandless

Actor

Emile Hirsch

Source

Into the Wild

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Adventure drama (film) Biography Adventure drama

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Into the Wild. Directed by Sean Penn, Paramount Vantage/River Road Entertainment/Square One C.I.H./Linson Film, 2007.

The worth and value of a man is in his heart and his will; there lies his real honour. Valour is the strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Inner strength Determination

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Cannibals Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Des Cannibales [Of Cannibals]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On the Cannibals." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.