Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.

Cunning is strength withheld.

Cunning is strength withheld.

Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.

Profan'd the God-given strength, and marr'd the lofty line.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does read more

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life.

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life.

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.

The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]

The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]