Famous quotes containing the words minimum, breaking and/or strength:
“After decades of unappreciated drudgery, American women just don’t do housework any more—that is, beyond the minimum that is required in order to clear a path from the bedroom to the front door so they can get off to work in the mourning.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (20th century)
“I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We all have strength enough to bear the misfortunes of others.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)