Women may fall
when there’s no
strength in men.
William Shakespeare
(1564 – 1616, English poet and playwright)
Maybe you don’t even need the life jacket.‘Tis skill,
not strength,
that governs a ship.
Thomas Fuller
(1608 – 1661, English churchman and historian)
We all
have enough strength
to endure
the misfortunes of others.
François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
(1613 – 1680, French author of maxims and memoirs)
The strength
of a man’s virtue
should not be measured
by his special exertions,
but by his habitual acts.
Blaise Pascal
(1623 – 1662, French mathematician,
physicist, inventor, and writer)
physicist, inventor, and writer)
Great works are performed
not by strength
but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
(1709 – 1784, English writer, poet, and essayist)
Where is the man
who has the strength
to be true,
and to show himself
as he is?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749 – 1832, German writer and politician)
Only actions
give life strength;
only moderation
gives it charm.
Jean Paul
(1763 – 1825, German Romantic writer)