If you are strong, behave mildly that you may be respected rather than feared.
—Chilon
Showing posts with label strength. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strength. Show all posts
Monday, October 06, 2014
Friday, August 01, 2014
Post #1610
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.
—William Shakespeare
—William Shakespeare
Friday, July 05, 2013
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Post #1269
Help the weak ones that cry for help, help the prosecuted and the victim...they are the comrades that fight and fall...for the conquest of the joy of freedom for all the poor workers. In this struggle for life you will find more love and you will be loved.
—Nicola Sacco
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Post #1205
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
—Louis Pasteur
—Louis Pasteur
Friday, October 19, 2012
Post #1090
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time a tremendous whack.
—Sir Winston Churchill
—Sir Winston Churchill
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Post #1062
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
—Albert Schweitzer
—Albert Schweitzer
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Post #840
Our strength is often composed of the weakness we're damned if we're going to show.
—Mignon McLaughlin
—Mignon McLaughlin
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Post #718
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
Monday, May 09, 2011
Friday, July 09, 2010
Post #280
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it's letting go.
—Hermann Hesse
—Hermann Hesse
Friday, January 22, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Post #91
In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer
—Albert Camus
—Albert Camus
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
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