#strong man

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#come #contrary #despite #even #fallacy

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#alternatives #always #between #bring #characteristic

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#able #between #communication #intercept #man

But the child's sob curses deeper in the silence than the strong man in his wrath! ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#curses #deeper #his #man #silence

The strong man is strongest when alone. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#man #strong #strong man #strongest

Coming through the fire and through the storm of life with a strong man, my fiance Ashanti, whom I've been dating for eight months and two wonderful children beside me, I'm just so happy that I have been able to maintain my integrity and get to where I am today with the right energy around me. ↗

— Angie Stone

#am #around #been #beside #children

Nobody picks on a strong man. ↗

— Charles Atlas

#nobody #picks #strong #strong man

Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#brick #diamond #flaw #man #more