We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

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.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

And, weaponless himself,
Made arms ridiculous.

And, weaponless himself,
Made arms ridiculous.

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.