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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.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
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 feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
I feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
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.
The stronger always succeeds.
[Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.]
The stronger always succeeds.
[Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.]
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.]
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.