The Spirit Is Willing

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
—   Arab Proverb
[But the flesh is getting older, if not weaker…  —   KMAB]
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Republican Acceptance Of Abuse Of Office

If you remain indifferent in time of adversity, your strength will depart from you.
—  Proverbs 24:10
[I’m looking at you, Mitt…  —  KMAB]
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Fearless Security

Our development assistance to other countries is not a bargaining chip, it is an investment in our long-term security.  Showing leadership and working with other countries is a measure of strength, not a sign of weakness.
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We all want our borders to be secure and our laws to be upheld, but it is not true that we face a choice between security and our humanity: between sealing our country off and turning our back to the world on the one hand, or having open borders on the other.  The best way of protecting our security is by upholding our values and addressing the roots of this crisis.  We can be fearless, generous and open-minded in seeking solutions.
—  Angelina Jolie
From her Editorial / Essay:  “The border crisis needs humanity, not fear“
Appearing in: Time Magazine, dtd: 26 August 2019
The essay can also be found at Time’s site:  https://time.com/5640012/angelina-jolie-border-crisis/
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No Small Thing

[Journalist] independence is no small thing.  It marks the distinction between tyranny and democracy.  And in a world where budding authoritarians have advanced by blurring the difference, there was a clarity in the spectacle of a tyrant’s fury visited up a man armed only with a pen.  Because the strongmen of the world only look strong.  All despots live in fear of their people.  To see genuine strength, look to the spaces where individuals dare to describe what’s going on in front of them.
—  Karl Vick
From his article: “The Guardians And The War On Truth“
From Time Magazine, dtd: December 24th / 31st, 2018
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Your Only Choice

You’ll never know how strong you are — until being strong is the ONLY choice you have!
—  Bob Marley
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To Get Strength

Training is not knowledge and knowledge is not strength.  But combine knowledge with training and one will get strength.
—  The Book Of Sinanju
[I have a large number of “quotes” in my journal which are simply attributed to “House of Sinanju”.  I am sure they are all (each) from one of the 70+ books in “The Destroyer” series (co-written by Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy) which I was reading back in the 1970’s.  I didn’t record which book each quote came out of at the time I found them.  So, I’m just leaving them as recorded.  If anyone finds the book with the quote in it, and lets me know, I will be happy to attribute the quote accurately.  —  KMAB]
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2011	Is It Your Turn Yet?
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Learning About My Humanity

What you learn is often determined by what you need to know.  If you think you’re weak, you will learn that you are strong.  If you think you are indestructible, you will learn that you are fragile. In the end though, you will learn that you are human.  You are no more and no less than all those who are learning their lessons as you learn yours.
―  John Bingham
[What running / jogging / walking  – a commitment to exercise – can teach you.  —  KMAB]
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Still Going…

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.
―  Napoléon Bonaparte
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Feeling Both

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
― Lao Tzu
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E Pluribus Unum

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.
―  J.K. Rowling
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Deeply

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
—  Lao Tzu
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