Steve sat down one evening as Peggy curled up with a book, ready to commit the scene to his page when a sharp, snapping sound startled them both. Steve looked down at his hands and found he'd broken his pencil in two. The second pencil he held too gently, unable to keep his hand steady for fear of breaking it as well, and then in a moment of frustration, he held it tighter and it too snapped. His once beloved sketch pad sat awkwardly in his hands, feeling as if it were the wrong size even once he got the pressure correct on his pencils. Steve missed his former size for a moment, the way the sketch pad had fit perfectly balanced on his lap, how the pencils had felt like an extension of his own hands when he drew. He felt clunky in his new form, his body designed for brute strength instead of artistic endeavors.
— Grateful
He held out the other pair of chopsticks. "Here, I'll show you how to use them."
Once Jonathan grabbed them, albeit a bit hesitantly, Jotaro put his pair down and maneuvered Jonathan's fingers to grasp them properly, which turned out to take an immense amount of trial and error, but eventually, he was holding them correctly.
Jotaro eyed his wobbly fingers. "Okay, so now you move these two fingers, and don't grip it too hard cause they'll-"
Snap.
"...break."
Jonathan cringed. "Ah, I am so sorry! I did not know they were so... delicate."
"They're not." Jotaro muttered as he stood, walking to the kitchen. "You're just too strong."
Once Jonathan grabbed them, albeit a bit hesitantly, Jotaro put his pair down and maneuvered Jonathan's fingers to grasp them properly, which turned out to take an immense amount of trial and error, but eventually, he was holding them correctly.
Jotaro eyed his wobbly fingers. "Okay, so now you move these two fingers, and don't grip it too hard cause they'll-"
Snap.
"...break."
Jonathan cringed. "Ah, I am so sorry! I did not know they were so... delicate."
"They're not." Jotaro muttered as he stood, walking to the kitchen. "You're just too strong."
(After shoving Nyla while in the Butcher's body) "Oh god, I'm strong..."
— Millie Kessler, Freaky
Apa? Why didn't you dodge? If you don't dodge, it hurts a lot, you know?
—Apachai Hopachai, Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, after 'demonstrating' a blow too fast for the human eye to follow, knocking his opponent across street and through a concrete wall
Your fear, your sweaty nightmare—"Here, you want to hold the baby?"
That thing is useless.
...Yeah, it is now.
...Yeah, it is now.
—Ace and Mark, regarding a running machine which Ace just smashed by pushing beyond its limits, Ace Lightning.
I'll crush you, like a 'rock'!
— Min Maxed Ogre from Changeling: The Lost
"I feel like I live in a world made of... cardboard, always taking constant care not to break something, to break someone. Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could die."
— Superman, Justice League Unlimited
"I don't even know my own strength!"
— Supergirl after kicking a supervillain so hard that she believes she has killed him, Supergirl (2011) #27, Red Daughter of Krypton
He's a good kid. He just... can't control his strength!
— Amphitryon on the titular character, Hercules
"You're alive. You're here. And you're still ... (strained) ...remarkably strong."
— Giles being hugged by Buffy
"Okay Ruff, here's your bone. Ready? *throws bone, Beat* Whoa! I didn't know my own strength..."
— Ruff's Owner, Living Books, "Ruff's Bone"
She had figured out as the day wore on that she had to hold Kal very lightly. She had squeezed a bit too hard and he cried earlier. She didn't think she had squeezed hard at all but there was a small bruise on his arm. Kara was becoming stronger and everything seemed to become softer, more brittle. It was like living in a world of delicate glass.
"'Cause this herald gig comes with the Power Cosmic, Karragan! I'm warning you for the last time—Knock it off! Do not make me 'nngh' do not make me go all cosmic on you man, because I'm new at this, and neither of us 'uugnh' knows what'll happen! I mean it! Back off! BACK! OFF! (Johnny suddenly, without realising how, peels the top layer of armor, flesh, and muscle from Karragan's upper body) oh god. Fix it! FIX IIIITT! (Johnny puts Karragan back together)"
— Fantastic Four Issue #520, Johnny Storm as the herald of Galactus fighting an alien warrior named Karragan.
"When I swing too hard, the strings always cut right through the ball...I really am awful at tennis."
Hisashi: (shouting) Inko, what happened?! Is Izuku alright?
Inko: H-He's alright. H-He's perfectly fine.
Hisashi: Really? That's a relief. What was that noise, then?
Inko: I-I-Izuku just broke something.
Hisashi: What'd he break? A plate? A lamp?
Inko: The door.
Inko: H-He's alright. H-He's perfectly fine.
Hisashi: Really? That's a relief. What was that noise, then?
Inko: I-I-Izuku just broke something.
Hisashi: What'd he break? A plate? A lamp?
Inko: The door.
Shyla Kor-Onn: Getting too strong... Must turn it off— Unnh! I misjudged my strength— Machine's toppling—!
Innocent passerby: "What—? No! I'll be crushed!"
Innocent passerby: "What—? No! I'll be crushed!"
"It's so hard...So rough to the touch! I wonder if... [she touches one stone] I—I broke it! But...I was never that strong before!"
[After Oliver accidentally pulls S.C. Ruffey apart]
The Fat Controller: Well, Oliver, so you don't know your own strength. Is that it?
Oliver: (nervously) N-n-no, sir.
The Fat Controller: Well, Oliver, so you don't know your own strength. Is that it?
Oliver: (nervously) N-n-no, sir.
— Thomas & Friends, "Toad Stands By"
