“The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.”

“To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender heart, the power to make her life a sweet and stirring song, helpful while it lasted, remembered when it died.”

“Strong convictions precede great actions.”

“But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.”

“She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.”

“I like good strong words that mean something…”

“I think it was so splendid in Father to go as a chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier, said Meg warmly.”