Strength

Though she be but little, she is fierce!

Though she be but little, she is fierce!

William Shakespeare

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.

A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

Charles Dickens

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.

When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.

Ethiopian proverbs

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.

Charles Dickens

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split one boulder.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

Winston Churchill

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

William Shakespeare

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Leonardo da Vinci

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Jean Paul Richter

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

Charles Spurgeon

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.

Marcus Aurelius

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.