For me the strength in  life is linked to one to three things: love, health and patience. As against the force in the field of science requires opening the knowledge selflessly sharing knowledge and vision on ways and means to raise the knowledge at the highest point.

For me the strength in  life is linked to one to three things: love, health and patience. As against the force in the field of science requires opening the knowledge selflessly sharing knowledge and vision on ways and means to raise the knowledge at the highest point.

Hi Seyed,

It is much easier to quantify the strength in materials than the strength in life because the latter can be abstract and not measurable; it varies from one person to another.

For example, the strength in life for some is perseverance and patience; for another, courage and positive attitude; and yet for another, hard work and social support network, etc. 

Strenght is survive to almost adversities that happens to us, learn with that  and go foward.

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Mehdi

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”  ― Friedrich Nietzsche

Strength is the ability to exercise physically force on something or it can be defined as as the ability to decide intelligently 

Dear Dr. Mahmoud Omid, great quote! I agree completely. Thanks a lot!!!!

Dear Oluwafemi Samson Balogun,

Your respond is highly appreciated.

Sincerely

If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather use your gift to help others find their own way to strength. ~ Anthony Liccione

Strength is ability to deal with the problems one faces every day as if he were not part of the problem and therefore, find a solution.

We must try to get an idea of the strength of abstractions which is very important because we express ourselves mostly in abstract terms. a metaphor makes use of different meanings at once.

Poetry uses the strength of metaphors.

True strength is keeping everything together when everyone expects you to fall apart.

Dear @ Dr. Fateh Mebarek-Oudina, @ Dr. Vilemar Magalhaes, and @ Dr. Rita De Vuyst,

Thanks a lot for your complete answers.

Regards

“In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”

― Drew Barrymore

I can only add that for me strength is linked to my faith, so I can do what is God's will through His strength. God is my strength and shield in everything that I do.

Many thanks,

Debra

Dear Seyed,

coming myself from „Materials Engineering”, … I like this question. With the keyword “Strength”, you reach the classical physics as well as a physiological trait.

First from physical viewpoint, the strength of any material is the resistance against applied stress without any failure. There are specific subcategories like:

• Tensile Strength…maximum stretching force to break the material
• Shear Strength…maximum force applied in contrary directions
• Compressive Strength…maximum pushing force with axially orientation

and less material related:

• Electrical Field Strength…
• Magnetic Field Strength…
• Signal Strength in radio frequency telecommunications…
• Explosion Strength … correlated to the total gas yield of an chemical reaction, and the amount of heat produced in a very short time frame

Second from the physical ability, the strength correlated with people and animals:

• Physical Strength … correlated with the muscle fibers of their organism

Third related to abstract psychological trait:

• Character Strength…a very new and interesting field of research getting any kind of quantification
• Virtue Strength…correlated to high morality founded on general accepted principles
• Courage…correlated with the willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation
• Persuasiveness…correlated with influencing person's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviors

With best regards

Michael

In my opinion to be strong means to meet challenges and to be able to get up after you fall down, to follow your principles, to turn your mistakes into lessons, in each difficulty to see the opportunity, to say right words at the right moment, including “Sorry”, “Thank you” and “I love you”, to respect the other people (especially those who are younger or at lower position), to admit when someone else is better than you and to be happy with him/her…But in some situations to be strong means to be “weak”, enough “weak” to express your emotions and to show your human face, to ask for help… To be strong means to be generous and to follow the way of Good and Light.

En el sentido de la existencia de los dos tipos de fuerza; fuerza de la vida y fuerza de la ciencia, me parece que son lo mismo desde el punto de vista termodinámico

Por ser un tema con diferentes concepciones(simbólicas, sintácticas y semánticas) me permito explicarlas en mi lengua nativa (Español) como en el idioma de la ciencia (Inglés)

Para explicar la fuerza de la vida y la fuerza de la ciencia, primero tiene que explicarse que es la vida y después en otro momento, la fuerza de la ciencia ¿Porqué?

Ambos son un milagro, que exista vida es la improbabilidad de que ocurran eventos afortunados en el caos del Universo y que sólo en una fracción muy pequeña del tiempo universal, se hayan ordenado los fenómenos en forma contraria al desorden, fenómeno denominado por la termodinámica como Neguentropía (tendencia al orden o ir en contra del caos que es la tendencia al desorden)

¿Que tanta fuerza se necesitó para que esto ocurriera? Toda la fuerza y energía que existía en el Universo primigenio.

Una vez existiendo la vida con todas las fuerzas y fortalezas conocidas y traducidas en capacidades y actitudes conocidas como perseverancia, constancia, optimismo, auto-realización orientada al ser, tendencia al logro de objetivos y cumplimiento de metas en el mundo ideal y real; hasta entonces puede hablarse de la fuerza de la ciencia.

Sin fuerza y fortalezas de la vida (tanto de factores tangibles como intangibles, y algunos ya descritos anteriormente) no se puede hablar de la fuerza en la ciencia, ya que la ciencia es la creación y desarrollo de una disciplina que el hombre con su fuerza de vida ( física, mental y emocional) inventó (método científico), para observar, conocer, identificar y medir los fenómenos de la naturaleza (como variables duras) y los fenómenos de la cultura y la sociedad (como variables blandas)

Por tanto, desde mi punto de vista, ambas están relacionadas, ambas son un milagro, son el resultado de ir en contra de las fuerzas de la termodinámica y en la actualidad son inter-dependientes. Asimismo, la fuerza y fortaleza de la vida para vivirla con éxito, optimismo y calidad, es la misma que se necesita en la fuerza de la ciencia, tanto en su creación, como en la asimilación y desarrollo de dicho campo por los científicos.

Saludos

Atentamente

Dr. José Luis García Vigil

In the sense of the existence of two types of force; life force and strength of science, I think they are the same from the thermodynamic point of view

As a subject with different concepts (symbolic, syntactic and semantic) I would explain in my native language (Spanish) and the language of science (English)

To explain the life force and strength of science, you first need to explain is life and then later, the strength of science Why?

Both are a miracle that life exists is the unlikelihood that occur fortunate events in the chaos of the universe and that only in a very small universal time fraction, have been ordered phenomena in a manner contrary to disorder, a phenomenon known by thermodynamics as Neguentropía (tendency to order or go against the chaos that is the tendency to disorder)

How much force is needed for this to happen? All the strength and energy that existed in the early universe.

Once there life with all known forces and translated strengths and skills and attitudes known as perseverance, perseverance, optimism, self-realization be oriented trend to achieving goals and accomplishing goals in the ideal and the real world; until then we can speak of the power of science.

Without power and strengths of life (both tangible and intangible factors, and some already described above) can not speak of force in science, since science is the creation and development of a discipline that man with his strength of life (physical, mental and emotional) invented (scientific method), to observe, understand, identify and measure the phenomena of nature (like hard variables) and phenomena of culture and society (as soft variables)

Therefore, from my point of view, both are related, both are a miracle, are the result of going against the forces of thermodynamics and today are inter-dependent. Also, the strength and fortitude to live life successfully, optimism and quality is the same that is needed in the power of science, both in its creation and assimilation and development of the field by scientists.

regards

Sincerely

Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Vigil

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Napoleon Hill

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche

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Thanks for your valuable comments.

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Mehdi

“Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.”

– Susan Gale

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Not really!,  That which does not kill us may make us stronger, may leave us in comma, or makes us feel helpless and vulnerable! (example: loosing all family member in an earthquake)

Strong determination to do work is strength. Some good skills may also be termed as the strength of a person. Basically, strength is the measure of a person's confidence level to perform a particular task.

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“Strong people don't put others down.They lift them up.”

~ Michael P. Watson

The strength of a man is less of the man and much more of who and what backs the man. ~ E. A. Yeboah

This is the respond of Dr. Tajudeen Abdul Hameed to the current question.

"Strength in life is a remarkable capacity of asset to survive at any point of time and any where and the rest materialistically cannot be compared with it."

This is the respond of Dr. Kayode Asaju to the current question.

"Strength in life is the capacity and ability to withstand every situation of life. it is the ability to celebrate success in failure. The later strength is an attribute of the former."

"Education is, in sum, that the art of revealing to man the intimate sense should govern his actions, make the use of its energy and communicate the taste and strength to live fully".  - Henry Bordeaux -

Strength is permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

The community uses the same word for a measurable scientific concept and an allegory as the concept of "strength in life".

Strength is being resilient but unbreakable.

Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald.

What is the difference between strength in life and strength in Science field such as "Strength of Materials-in Engineering"?

Agreed with previous scholars' definitions.  In terms of measurement differences - finding "Strength In Life" is a psychological construct in which its measurement is rather subjective i.e based on opinion (even though there are evidence / artifacts but still need to be interpreted subjectively) vs "Strength In Scientific Field" whereby its measurement can be more objective e.g. can be measured via interval / ratio scale.

It is excellent

To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous

To use it like a giant.

~ William Shakespeare

The forests in his strength rejoice;

Hark! on the evening breeze,

As once of old, the Lord God's voice

Is heard among the trees.

~ James Montgomery

Strength: Capacity to resist force or pressure.

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Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

                                                                      -----   Katrina Kaif

The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.  ~ Peter Drucker

"My strength did not come from lifting weights. My strength came from lifting myself up when I was knocked down"

-Bob Moore

Strength, hardness, toughness, elasticity, plasticity, brittleness, and ductility and malleability are mechanical properties used as measurements of how metals behave under a load.

Tensile strength" is defined as resistance to longitudinal stress or pull and can be measured in pounds per square inch of cross section.

Some materials are equally strong in compression, tension, and shear. However, many materials show marked differences; for example, cured concrete has a maximum strength of 2,000 psi in compression, but only 400 psi in tension. Carbon steel has a maximum strength of 56,000 psi in tension and compression but a maximum shear strength of only 42,000 psi; therefore, when dealing with maximum strength, you should always state the type of loading.

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Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

--- Arnold Schwarzenegger

“A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.”

― Veronica Roth, Divergent

In my opinion strength is related to the capability to overcome the problems of life. An important moto is: losing a battle is not losing the war.

Strength appears in various forms viz., physical (muscular, vitality, liveliness), material (wealth, position, power, etc.), personal (character, wisdom, integrity, qualification, knowledge, skill, experience, etc.), emotional (temperament, behaviour, courage, intrinsic motivation, spirituality, humour, etc.), organizational (leadership, management, communication, etc.) and others. Each one of us possesses strengths in varying degrees making up our own unique persona. In human life, Strength is universally valued that encompass our capacities for helping ourselves and others and produce positive effects. The strength of engineering materials is its ability to resist deformation and deterioration and withstand any kind of stress or external forces. Strength provides the capability, motivation, endurance, adeptness and courage to perform aptly, to tackle any kind of situation and withstand in adversity.

Thanks for sharing.

In my opinion, strength in life may be adjusted, in a greater degree, than strength in science field, by a person, in order to work for his/her benefit, from an overall point of view.

Strength without morality, is not real strength.

Dear Colleagues,

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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

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“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”

― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

A strength is the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a specific activity. The key to building a strength is to identify your dominant talents, then complement them by acquiring knowledge and skills pertinent to the activity. Our strengths-based consulting has also helped organizations increase productivity, drive performance, and improve areas with under performing management or leadership. Although talents, skills, and knowledge are each important for building a strength.

On Strength as a Moral Quality of a person, it is throughly related with all the virtues of man, but principally with Fortitude. Fortitude is one of the Cardinal Virtues, so named because all other natural virtues are developed from them. Fortitude is the virtue that allows us to overcome fear and to remain steady in our will in the face of obstacles. Prudence and justice are the virtues through which we decide what needs to be done; fortitude gives us the strength to do it. (http://catholicism.about.com/od/beliefsteachings/p/Fortitude.htm)

What Fortitude Is Not

Fortitude is not foolhardiness or rashness, "rushing in where angels fear to tread." Indeed, part of the virtue of fortitude, as Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., notes in his Modern Catholic Dictionary, is the "curbing of recklessness." Putting our bodies or lives in danger when it is not necessary is not fortitude but foolishness.

A Gift of the Holy Spirit

Sometimes, however, the ultimate sacrifice is necessary, in order to stand up for what is right and to save our souls. Fortitude is the virtue of the martyrs, who are willing to give their lives rather than to renounce their faith. That sacrifice may be passive—Christian martyrs do not actively seek martyrdom—but it is nonetheless determined and resolute.

It is in martyrdom that we see the best example of fortitude rising above a mere cardinal virtue (able to be practiced by anyone) into one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit enumerated in Isaiah 11:2-3. But it also shows itself, as the Catholic Encyclopedia notes, "in moral courage against the evil spirit of the times, against improper fashions, against human respect, against the common tendency to seek at least the comfortable, if not the voluptuous."

Fortitude, as a gift of the Holy Spirit, also allows us to cope with poverty and loss, and to cultivate the Christian virtues that allow us to rise above the basic requirements of Christianity. The saints, in their love for God and their fellow man and their determination to do what is right, exhibit fortitude as a supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit, and not merely as a cardinal virtue.

Strength in the dictionary is the quality or state of being physically strong, or the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure. In the real life, strength means to withstand against its elevated pressure and misfortunes. In the science field, I think strength means to be able to admit in your fail and to withstand hostility and mockery and gloating of your colleagues because of this failure and that all of this do not prevent  you to continue the journey quest for success and excellence.

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"In the end, some of your greatest pain become your greatest strength"

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

--- Thomas Carlyle

"Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used."

-Richard E. Byrd

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.                                                                                                        

                                                                   ----  Helen Keller

"When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes."

-Joseph Campbell

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Strength is often measured by how big people are, how much muscle they have or their ability to physically do things. While that does work for a number of things in life, it’s one’s inner strength that allows you to achieve things and keep coming back for more even when you’ve failed time and time again.

Gandhi was not the biggest of individuals. In fact, many would consider him frail. But that skinny many not only walked 18 miles a day every day, he also inspired an entire nation to fight for its independence in a peaceful manner, and succeeded.

Seyed,

Strength you can define in many ways. 'the quality or state of being physically strong' or

'the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great force or pressure'.

First of all you cannot compare at all. Only for literature sake eg. Simili (a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind) you can do this. In reality how can you compare and differentiate.

Strength of materials, a Physicist can eloborate/explain well. I am remembering my 12 class lesson Elasticity where I read about Young's modulus etc.

If you come to 'Strength of Life', you can say many things like how you quote a nice quotation and how others explained their views. It depends/differ from person to person. Not all human beings have the same strength. Physical strength and Mind (mental) strength for the same person also differs a lot. Eg. a Physically challenged candidate. Even you take healthy personality both strengths differe a lot. I am physically weak in certain issues but mentally very strong I can bare even hard difficult situations too. All RG members posted excellent answers. We can read and enjoy and learn a lot.

The picture posted tells strength of materials, Advt. for Fevicol.

PS: Fadel thanks for posting the question to me otherwise I would have missed it.

A strength is the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a specific activity. The key to building a strength is to identify your dominant talents, then complement them by acquiring knowledge and skills pertinent to the activity.

Dear Dr. Jetty Ramadevi,

Many thanks for your comprehensive respond.

Regards,

Mehdi

"Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do."

-Lord Chesterfiel

Dear @Dr. Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan and @ Dr. Ali A R Aldallal,

Your respond is highly appreciated.

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Strength stands for the state of being strong bodily, psychologically, morally, intellectually and congenially. Above all, inner strength is supreme that makes you believing in yourself so passionately that you’re competent, brave and strong enough to conquer any kind of obstacle and hardship.

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

~ Marcus Aurelius

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”

~ Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." -Ernest Hemingway

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No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

                                                                          ------  Buddha

“Never apologize for being sensitive or emotional. Let this be a sign that you’ve got a big heart and aren’t afraid to let others see it. Showing your emotions is a sign of strength.”

– Brigitte Nicole

The Law of Inhibition. The strength of a reflex may be decreased through presentation of a second stimulus which has no other relation to the effector involved.

~ B. Frederic Skinner

ٍٍٍStrength: the quality or state of being physically strong

True strength is keeping everything together when everyone expects us to fall apart.

Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if we fell apart, that’s true strength.

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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

                                                            ------  Leonardo da Vinci

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A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.

                                                                           -----   Tecumseh

My take on this question is: If you have a single person vs. a group of people, the group will overcome the person. It is called a collective strength vs. individual strength. In nature is the same, if you have a higher density material which lattice is intertwined with many strong molecular bonds than a material with lower density like gas or liquid state with weaker bonds. in equal conditions denser material is stronger than a loose one. It seams that even a single person with integrity is stronger than a single person without one, psychologically speaking. E pluribus Unum...

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Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

                                                                                     -------   Winston Churchill

 “While strength is the natural quality of an individual seen in isolation, power springs up between men when they act together and vanishes the moment they disperse.”

—Hannah Arendt

"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."

— Michael Jordan

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.' - Mariah Carey

Overcoming obstacles in life and for every action, there is an equal and opposite (hidden) reaction in science :) and in materials, removing impurity is strength for one system and introducing impurity is strength for another system :)

Strength in life must have duration, while strength in science is the momentum devided by time. It is not necessary to have duration!! in science.

STRENGTH: The ability to deal with difficult situations or to maintain a moral or intellectual position

A Strong Woman Is One Who Is Able To Smile This Morning Like She Wasn’t Crying Last Night.

“The most beautiful people I've known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.”   

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

                                                                            ------   Abraham Lincoln

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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

                                                                           ----   Euripides

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

― Mahatma Gandhi

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Measurement of ability to Persist 

"Life has many ways of testing a person’s will (inner strength), either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once." - PauloCoelho