Famous Quotes

"The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength."

Robert Shea on Strength

More quotes about Strength

• "We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."

  Eleanor Roosevelt on Strength

• "That which does not kill us makes us stronger."

  Friedrich Nietzsche on Strength

• "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

  Helen Keller on Strength

• "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."

  John F. Kennedy on Strength

• "The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

  Ernest Hemingway on Strength

More quotes by Robert Shea

• "Just as predatory animals follow a similar general design and behave in similar ways, so organizations, especially those in competition with one another, must follow certain design principles if they are to succeed and prevail."

• "Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"

• "One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions."

• "It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department."

• "To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse."