Quote#Truth
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of…
Quote byHenry Ward Beecher · 1813–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Life Thoughts (1858), p. 52.
English (original)
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it only serves to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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