Strength? or Power?

Strength or power is what I ask. I would have to say that in the culture I live in, strength is represented by your actions and the way you deal with things, objects mean nothing. Your strength is built on your character, your character is built on the way you act and react. An example of a "strong" person, for me, would have to be someone with absolute control of every situation they are put into, and know exactly how to act in the given moments.
The way strength is represented in the readings is through actions. All the actions define how "strong" a character is. But at the same time, it can be shown through the obstacles which the character faces. If the character is put in a horrible situation, or must make a difficult choice, the outcome of that shows, or builds, the strength in that character.
~Strength is never present, it is built, and it is in the way it is built that shows how “strong” one is or can be.
Jimi