Quotes About Strength

Two such as you with such a master speed Cannot be parted nor be swept away

Self-respect, courage, and integrity look good ona man.

Never whine, never complain, never try to justify yourself.

Your fears are a kind of prison that confines you within a limited range of action. The less you fear, the more power you will have and the more fully you will live.

The mighty lion toys with the mouse that crosses his path—any other reaction would mar his fearsome reputation.

Image: An Oak Tree. The oak that resists the wind loses its branches one by one, and with nothing left to protect it, the trunk fi nally snaps. The oak that bends lives long er, its trunk grow ing wider, its roots deeper and more tenacious.

Never pick a fight with someone you're not sure you can defeat.

The Athenians were one of the most eminently practical people in history, and they made the most practical argument they could with the Melians: When you are weaker, there is nothing to be gained by fighting a useless fight. No one comes to help the weak—by doing so they would only put themselves in jeopardy. The weak are alone and must submit. Fighting gives you nothing to gain but martyrdom, and in the process a lot of people who do not believe in your cause will die.

Impatience, on the other hand, only makes you look weak. It is a principal impediment to power. Power

Without a worthy opponent a man or group cannot grow stronger.

Napoleon advised: Place your iron hand inside a velvet glove.

Remember: You have only so much energy and so much time. Every moment wasted on the affairs of others subtracts from your strength. You may be afraid that people will condemn you as heartless, but in the end, maintaining your independence and self-reliance will gain you more respect and place you in a position of power from which you can choose to help others on your own initiative.

Your wealth vanishes, the latest gadgetry suddenly becomes passé, your allies desert you. But if your mind is armed with the art of war, there is no power that can take that away.

Authority: One who is good at combating the enemy fools it with inscrutable moves, confuses it with false intelligence, makes it relax by concealing one's strength, . . . deafens its ears by jumbling one's orders and signals, blinds its eyes by converting one's banners and insignias, . . . confounds its battle plan by providing distorted facts. —Tou Bi Fu Tan, A Scholar's Dilettante Remarks on War (16th century A.D.)

Years later, a Japanese visitor tried to apologize to Mao for his country's invasion of China. Mao interrupted, "Should I not thank you instead?" Without a worthy opponent, he explained, a man or group cannot grow stronger. Mao's

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1803–1882

masterpieces of beauty, craftsmanship, and stability, all erected

Fo each weakness there is a corresponding strength.

Aggression is deceptive: it inherently hides weakness. Aggressors cannot control their emotions.

He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.

He was glad that he liked the country undecorated, hard and stripped of its finery. He had got down to the bare bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.

There is a passion in you that scares me.

Living a life without prayer is like building a house without nails. - Unknown

Don't you have any scars? Inside. Do you? Of course. You don't act like it. I don't intend to. It doesn't do much good, does it?