Quote of the Day (Thucydides, on the Strong and the Weak)

“You know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." ―The Athenians to the Melians, quoted in Thucydides (c. 460-c. 395 BC), History of the Peloponnesian War, Book 5, translated by Richard Crawley (1910)

Quote of the Day (Somerset Maugham, on Strength and Circumstances)

"There are very few of us who are strong enough to make circumstances serve us." — British man of letters W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts (1921)

Quote of the Day (Bill Russell, on Kindness as ‘An Act of Strength’)

"Real kindness is an act of strength and a tremendous leadership asset. Two thoughts my grandfather left me with were to praise loudly and blame softly, and not to forget a throne is nothing more than a bench covered in velvet.”—NBA Hall of Fame player and coach Bill Russell and David Falkner, Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner (2001)

Quote of the Day (Michelle Obama, on the ‘Truly Strong’)

“People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.”—Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, “The Full Transcript of Michelle Obama's Powerful New Hampshire Speech,” The Guardian (U.K.), Oct. 14, 2016

Quote of the Day (Dante, on the Need to be ‘Steadfast as a Tower’)

“Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock.”—Dante Alighieri, Purgatorio (early 14th century), V. 14.

Quote of the Day (Richard Byrd, on Men’s Inner Strength)

“Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.”—Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Alone (1938)