Quotes About Stoicism

The woman did not sob nor weep. She had gone to a place where tears are dry; but every one around her was, in some way characteristic of themselves, showing signs of hearty sympathy.

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist.

A man does what must be done,' Karl said, trying to concentrate on his board-making. "But you never complain." 'What good would complaining do? A job takes so many hours of work, complaining will not shorten those hours.

Epictetus (55 ? 135 A.D.) said, There is only one way to happiness and that is to stop worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was not part of her disposition.

Resignation to inevitable evils is the evil duty of us all; the

Those who do not complain are never pitied

Elinor, aunque sabía que tal aflicción, por terrible que fuera de contemplar, debía seguir su curso, se mantuvo atenta a su lado hasta que estos excesos de dolor de alguna manera se habían agotado.

Seneca, the Roman philosopher. Sometimes, even to live is an act of courage.

I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.

And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

I'm not one to complain about illness. I suppose I have a bit of a stiff upper lip. I just tend to get on with things.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

You can say whatever you want about me, I'm not really bothered. But when it starts to upset people I care about or I hear about it from my mum, then that's a problem.

I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them, there's no use getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them, what's the use in getting upset?

I don't think I get that upset over things.

I am probably a bit numb upstairs, which is sometimes a good thing.

To learn to die is an heroic work.

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

We celebrities have stiff upper-lips.