Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist
Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)
"Two Worlds Collide"
Lyrics, Don't Forget (2008)
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist
Quoted in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)
Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss poet
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 246
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
Letter to Alexei Pleshcheev (October 4, 1888)
Letters
“You can't retire to weakness -- you've got to learn to control strength.”
Wallace Stegner book Angle of Repose
Source: Angle of Repose
“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
“Setbacks there and at home will only increase our strength…”
Sadao Araki (1877–1966) Japanese general
About Japanese soldiers sent to Kiska. Quoted in "Out on the Causeway" - Time Magazine - May 24, 1943
Sonny Bill Williams (1985) New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer
Williams on the effect rugby league, rugby union and boxing have had on his sporting career. Sonny Bill Williams: Islam brings me happiness http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/27/sport/sonny-bill-williams-rugby-new-zealand/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter, by Gary Morley and Neil Curry, CNN, dated 27 November 2013.
“Easily seen is the strength that is given from Zeus to mortals.”
XV. 490 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)
“You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home.”
Terry Pratchett book The Light Fantastic
Source: The Light Fantastic