Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker asserts that strength and wisdom can coexist rather than contradict.
In plain terms
Strength and wisdom are not opposite values.
What can you take from it?
True strength includes wisdom, and they do not conflict.

Where it applies

  • moral philosophy
  • leadership advice

Putting it to work

  • discussing character traits
  • balancing leadership qualities

Questions to consider

  • Can you be strong and wise at the same time?
  • When do strength and wisdom conflict?

Another view

This is a general statement that may not account for specific situations where they conflict.

More from Bill Clinton

  1. People like you always help the far-right, because you like to hurt people, and you like to talk about how bad people are and all their personal failings.

    Permalink to quote #29

  2. What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won't be done if I don't do it?

    Permalink to quote #31

  3. I felt like a pickle stepping into history.

    Permalink to quote #28

Related quotes

  1. Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise ... specialized competence and suc…

    Allan BloomAllan Bloom quote #3

  2. Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.

    KabirKabir quote #3

  3. It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

    Margaret FullerMargaret Fuller quote #5