“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about” is a motivational quotation that has been printed on many posters. The quotation was cited on Twitter on September 21, 2009, and is of unknown authorship.
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dahara
@dahara
” the strongest people are not those who show stregnth in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about “
11:36 AM - 21 Sep 2009
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Kelly Burton
@kellyburton
RT @EncoreEvents I know now..strongest people aren’t those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about.
2:40 PM - 7 Oct 2009
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Amanda Reyes
@mandyrey
The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.
8:23 AM - 18 Nov 2009
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Men’s Health
March 31, 2013 ·
“The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.”—Unknown
Google Books
Hell Bent:
A Young Adult Romance
By Karen Crompton
Silky Oak Press (silkyoakpress.com.au)
2014
Pg. ?:
The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about. —Anonymous
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READER REPORT:
‘Everyone is fighting some kind of battle’
JOE GUSE
Last updated 10:10 26/03/2015
Two famous quotes: “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about.”
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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