Quotes About Strength

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

When you come into the presence of a leader of men, you know that you have come into the presence of fire - that it is best not uncautiously to touch that man - that there is something that makes it dangerous to cross him.

I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.

This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; That surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.

Life only demands from the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.

The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Burdens become light when cheerfully borne.

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

When we can laugh through our tears, we are being given a powerful message. Things may be bad, but they cannot be all that bad.

The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.

A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.

Though I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.

Make ye no truce with Adam-zad - the Bear that walks like a man.

Quit yourselves like men.

Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

You don't learn to hold your own by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.

Women and elephants never forget.

To be a man will continue to demand a heroic heart as long as mankind is not quite human.

There was never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

The thing we have to fear in this country, to my way of thinking, is the influence of the organized minorities, because somehow or other the great majority does not seem to organize. They seem to feel that they are going to be effective because of their own strength, but they give no expression of it.

He that is down need fear no fall.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.