When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
Aeschylus, Fragments, l. 298
The Lord is my strength and my might, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus|Exodus 15:2
9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Second Epistle to the Corinthians|2 Corinthians 12:9 (New King James Version)
Strength is not if you can fight all evil that comes to you, and running away does not necessarily make you a coward. It’s walking in the dusk between light and dark, not crossing over either way, it takes true strength and courage to do this… it is too easy to fall either way.
Jerry Grant Blakeney
O, it is excellentTo have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannousTo use it like a giant.
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure|Measure for Measure, Act 2, sc. 2 (1603)
We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others.
François de La Rochefoucauld, Maximes, no. 19 (1678)
My strength is as the strength of ten,Because my heart is pure.
Alfred Tennyson, Sir Galahad, st. 1 (1842)
To ask strength not to express itself as strength, not to be a will to dominate, a will to subjugate, a will to become master, a thirst for enemies and obstacles and triumphant celebrations, is just as absurd as to ask weakness to express itself as strength.
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, “First Essay,” section 13 (1887)
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Rudyard Kipling, The Second Jungle Book, "The Law of the Jungle", st. 2 (1895)
Physical ability
- Physical strength
Physical strength is the ability of a person or animal to exert force on physical objects using muscles. Increasing physical strength is the goal of strength training.-Overview:...
, as in people or animals
- Superhuman strength
Superhuman strength, also called superstrength, super-strength, or super strength, is an ability commonly employed in fiction. It is the ability for a character to be stronger than humanly possible...
, as in fictional characters
- A common character attribute
An attribute is a piece of data that describes to what extent a fictional character in a role-playing game possesses a specific natural, in-born characteristic common to all characters in the game. That piece of data is usually an abstract number or, in some cases, a set of dice...
in role-playing games
Conflict between persons or groups:
- Virtue
Virtue is moral excellence. A virtue is a positive trait or quality subjectively deemed to be morally excellent and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being....
and moral uprightness
- Courage
Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation...
or fortitude in the face of moral or social pressure
- Persuasiveness
Persuasion is a form of social influence. It is the process of guiding or bringing oneself or another toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by rational and symbolic means.- Methods :...
of an argument
- Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
strength
Physics
- Strength of materials
In materials science, the strength of a material is its ability to withstand an applied stress without failure. The applied stress may be tensile, compressive, or shear. Strength of materials is a subject which deals with loads, deformations and the forces acting on a material. A load applied to a...
, ability to withstand an applied stress without failure
- Compressive strength
Compressive strength is the capacity of a material or structure to withstand axially directed pushing forces. When the limit of compressive strength is reached, materials are crushed. Concrete can be made to have high compressive strength, e.g...
, capacity to withstand axially directed pushing forces
- Tensile strength
Ultimate tensile strength , often shortened to tensile strength or ultimate strength, is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before necking, which is when the specimen's cross-section starts to significantly contract...
, maximum stress while being stretched or pulled before necking
- Shear strength
Shear strength in engineering is a term used to describe the strength of a material or component against the type of yield or structural failure where the material or component fails in shear. A shear load is a force that tends to produce a sliding failure on a material along a plane that is...
, the ability to withstand shearing
- Strength (explosive)
In explosive materials, strength is the parameter determining the ability of the explosive to move the surrounding material. It is related to the total gas yield of the reaction, and the amount of heat produced...
, the ability of an explosive to move surrounding material
- Field strength
In physics, the field strength of a field is the magnitude of its vector value.In theoretical physics, field strength is another name for the curvature form...
, the magnitude of a field's vector
- Signal strength
In telecommunications, particularly in radio, signal strength refers to the magnitude of the electric field at a reference point that is a significant distance from the transmitting antenna. It may also be referred to as received signal level or field strength. Typically, it is expressed in...
, the magnitude of an electric field at a reference point
Musical works
- Strength (band)
Strength is a disco-rock band from Portland, Oregon, made up of Bailey Winters, John Zeigler, and Patrick Morris. Their 2006 debut album, "Going Strong," on Community Disco, was produced and recorded by Chris Anderson at Animal Kingdom, and mastered by Nilesh Patel at The Exchange.Strength...
, a band from Portland, Oregon
- Strength (The Alarm album)
Strength is the second studio album from The Alarm. It was released in 1985 on IRS Records. The single "Strength" was released before the album, reaching No.40 in the UK singles chart. This was followed after the album release by "Spirit of '76", which reached No.22 and saw the band on Top of the...
, 2001
- Strength (Enuff Z'nuff album), 1991
- Strength, an album by Asiatic Warriors
Asiatic Warriors, originally named Cold-N-Loco, were a multilingual hardcore rap crew from Frankfurt, Germany.Cold-N-Loco was composed of D-Flame , A-Bomb and Combad. They invited the Kurdish-Iranian hip hop artist Azad to join the band and it was renamed Asian Warriors...
- Strength, an album by The RH Factor
- "Strength", a song by the Gear Daddies from their 1988 album Let's Go Scare Al
Let's Go Scare Al was the first album recorded by the Austin, Minnesota band the Gear Daddies. The album was released in 1988 on the Gark record label, and re-released in 1989 on Polygram Records.-Track listing:# Cut Me Off# Statue of Jesus...
- "Strength", a song by Screaming Jets from their 1997 album World Gone Crazy
- "Strength" a song by the band Zebrahead
Zebrahead is an American punk rock band from Orange County, California, which fuses elements of Rapcore, Pop Punk, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, and Funk Metal.-1996–98: Formation:...
- "Strength" a song by the band Ignite
- "Strength" a song by the band Information Society
Information Society is an American band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Larson , Paul Robb, and James Cassidy; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006, initially with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist, then with Harland rejoining them as lead vocalist by...
- "Strength" a song by the rapper Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
- "Strength" a song by the band Abingdon Boys School
Abingdon Boys School, stylized as abingdon boys school and abbreviated as a.b.s, is a Japanese rock band fronted by Takanori Nishikawa....
Strength may also refer to:
- Strength (mathematical logic)
- Strength (Tarot card)
Strength is a Major Arcana Tarot card, and is numbered either XI or VIII, depending on the deck. Historically it was called Fortitude, and in the Thoth Tarot deck it is called Lust. This card is used in game playing as well as in divination.- Description and usage as in divination :A. E...
, numbered either XI or VIII
- Strength, a variable character attribute in the 1990 video game Corporation
See also