Quotations and Literature Forum

What do you take from this quote?

"We are not now that strength which in the old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are, one equal-temper of heroic hearts, moade weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

Also does anybody have any really profound quotes from Tennyson? he is my favorite. thanks

It says alot but the main thing i see is that we are who we are before we were born and nothing can change that!