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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.
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.
The stronger always succeeds.
[Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.]
The stronger always succeeds.
[Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.]
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.
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.
Cunning is strength withheld.
Cunning is strength withheld.
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure read more
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.