"There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up." ― Booker T. Washington Topic(s): Strength More From Booker T. Washington "I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed." "Character is power." "Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon." More In Strength "My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure."― Alfred Lord Tennyson "My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn’t talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength."― Jayne Meadows "We’ve got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization."― Peter Mandelson