Which is more important?Physical strength or Emotional/mental Strength?

Well, for me, asking that kind of question is like asking if what is more important : your heart or your mind. My answer is both, if you are strong physically and mentally (emotionally), good for you, you will be healthy and respected. But if we only improve one of the two, the balance will not be great and we would be considered weak even if we may be strong or we may be smart. In conclusion, let's try not to think what is more important, rather, we must ask how can we make both of it important. Cheers!

I think that emotional strength is much more important nowadays. It is because physical strength can be supplied nowadays with all kinds of machines, and tools, while the emotional strength cannot. I really admire those people who are really strong, who can overpass absolutely everything that's happening to them. Unfortunately, they are very rare...

I don't think either one is more important than the other. It is good to have balance. We need adequate physical strength to do whatever we choose to do on a physical level. If we are going to break boulders and dig for a living, then we need to develop the strength to do so. Emotional strength comes naturally if we work at our relationships. As a therapist I cannot say that I've seen women and men with different strengths, as either gender could be strong or weak, physically or mentally. In Zen, they talk about walking the middle path between both extremes, and this creates balance, which in my opinion is of more value than either one taking precedence over the other. _Derek

I like your topic, i just hope that it wont get axed. Anyway, i would vote for emotional strength not because i am a woman but it sure worked for me. Mental strength, for me is an advantage but emotional strength for me is power within that emanates through.

I believe that strength is important to our lives no matter how we achieve it. Both physical strength and mental strength have the power to push us on or to break us down. It is what we do with these strengths that is truly important.

hi, i would say both play an important role in ones life, both are important for a person, i too heard a similar thing about people saying, men are physically strong and emotionally weak,and women are emotionally strong, i feel both are like two sides of a coin, each has its important, sometimes strength leads the upperhand and sometimes emotional strength, cant neglect any, without each of them life cant be in equilibrium..may be older/elder people who has seen much of life can better explain this...

Both I would say! Although I can't really see a woman kicking somebody, I do see a woman having inner strength that is sure to help her in her life with respect to her husband, children and at work!

My original answer is that both are important, but it would lead to a very short reply so, in the spirit of conversation I pick Emotional/mental strength over physical. Why? because in my own opinion emotional/mental strength defines your work effectiveness. If you are emotionally and mentally stable, you can do any kind of work properly because you can think straight. and if you are lacking the physical strength to do so, you can easily think of something, probably a solution, on how to coup up for your lack of physical strength. Also, in the instance of not being emotionally/mentally stable, you would find yourself weak and it will effect your physical fitness. If it was the other way around, even if you are physically healthy, but emotionally/mentally unstable, you won't be able to work effectively because your judgement is clouded with other issues. happy MyLotting

To be a perfect human in life both the strength are required.