Strength

Famous quotes containing the word strength:

“Pater: too much graceful drapery obscures the strength of the body beneath.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“The same strength of character which helps a man resist love, helps to make it more violent and lasting too. People of unsettled minds are always driven about with passions, but never absolutely filled with any.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)