Indeed, defenders of Zion require a greater mix of physical and spiritual strength than any defenders of any spot on earth.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Jerusalem, the Eternal Front Line

The best of the best of women who are willing to leave their own pain, struggles and challenges at home and bring their love, life lessons, compassion, time, strength, courage and spiritual wisdom -- for girls they have never met.

CNN: 'They call me burnt toast'

It has taught me not only to hold an arabesque but to maintain an inner grace -- drawing on a psychological or spiritual core, a place of honesty and strength.

CNN: The hobby that helped me take flight

For Bartholomew, the mystery that was the source of all spiritual belief, present through catastrophe and plague and evil, was a strength now, too, and more than it had ever been.

NEWYORKER: Faith

By tending to your physical, emotional and spiritual needs through exercise, community and faith, Barsh and Cranston write, you create the strength you need to pursue goals and persevere.

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