"Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness." ― Amos Bronson Alcott Topic(s): Strength More From Amos Bronson Alcott "Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly." "The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples." "Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well." More In Strength "Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic."― William E. Gladstone "He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity."― William Samuel Johnson "My career is really important to me, but there have to be other great, important things in your life besides work."― Katherine Heigl