Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.

Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. read more

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the read more

The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the music
and summon angels' aid.

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.

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.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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.

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if read more

I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.