True strength lies not in the ability to command others, but... - Catharine Macaulay

"True strength lies not in the ability to command others, but in the capacity for self-governance."

Catharine Macaulay Strength

Historian Political Writer English 1731–1791

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"Truth is the foundation of all virtue."

"Strength comes from within."

"A woman should be proud of who she is."

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