No physical weakness is so hopeless that it cannot be improved by exercise and effort

No physical weakness is so hopeless that it cannot be improved by exercise and effort, but some do not believe that our minds, which are naturally superior to our bodies, can be made more serviceable through education and suitable training. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 210.

Image: A relief from a funerary kouros base depicting two Greek wrestlers, one of the sports at such events as the Olympic Games at Olympia. c. 510 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Image courtesy of Mark Cartwright, Ancient History Encyclopedia.