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Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Cunning is strength withheld.
Cunning is strength withheld.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
I feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
I feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
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.
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.]
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.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man read more
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man i' th' field, and for his meed
Was brow-bound with the oak.