Quotes About Strength

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Union gives strength.

Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

No argument will give courage to the coward.

A hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Might makes right.

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise.

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

To rush into explanations is always a sign of weakness.

The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.

Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man. (Inspector Miller)

There is no telling what a human character is. Until the test comes. To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way --- whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of.

The truth is people are an extraordinary mixture of heroism and cowardice.