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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.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
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.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.
Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.
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 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.]
I feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
I feel like a Bull Moose.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
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.