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.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Concentration is the secret of strength.

Concentration is the secret of strength.

A mass enormous! which, in modern days
No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.

A mass enormous! which, in modern days
No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.

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.

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

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

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

What does not destroy me, makes me strong.

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:
therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength read more

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:
therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit
still.

O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like read more

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