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.

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

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

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.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

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.

Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.

Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.

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.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.