Quotes About Fortitude

All men die, but that not all men die whining

Use the setback to practice other virtues.

3. Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it's endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining. If it's unendurable Ã¢â'¬Â¦ then stop complaining. Your destruction will mean its end as well. Just remember: you can endure anything your mind can make endurable, by treating it as in your interest to do so. In your interest, or in your nature. 4.

It is a shame when the soul is first to give way in this life, and the body does not give way.

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear.

It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.

Show by a cheerful look that you don't need the help or comfort of others. Standing up - not propped up.

Thou must be like a promontory of the sea, against which though the waves beat continually, yet it both itself stands, and about it are those swelling waves stilled and quieted.

Remember, too, on every occasion that leads you to vexation to apply this principle: not that this is a misfortune, but that to bear it nobly is good fortune.

Nothing befalls anything which that thing is not naturally made to bear. The same experience befalls another, and he is unruffled and remains unharmed; either because he is unaware that it has happened or because he exhibits greatness of soul. Is it not strange that ignorance and complaisance are stronger than wisdom...?

Be like a headland: the Waves beat against it continuously, but it stands fast and around it the boiling water dies down.

Finally, in every event which leads you to sorrow, remember to use this principle: that this is not a misfortune, but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune.

Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

this is not a misfortune but that to bear it like a brave man is good fortune

No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to itself, "No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.

At best suffer patiently, if thou canst not suffer joyously.

To a stone thrown up in the air, there is no evil in falling or good in rising.

And whensoever thou findest thyself; that thou art in danger of a relapse, and that thou art not able to master and overcome those difficulties and temptations that present themselves in thy present station: get thee into any private corner, where thou mayst be better able. Or if that will not serve forsake even thy life rather. But so that it be not in passion but in a plain voluntary modest way: this being the only commendable action of thy whole life that thus thou art departed

49. To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it. 49a.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness, and all the other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

Remember too on every occasion which leads thee to vexation to apply this principle: not that this is a misfortune, but that to bear it nobly is good fortune.

Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquillity which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

The Art of Living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen - and is not apt to fall.

alegre e sereno, e não busque a tranquilidade nos outros. Um homem deve se manter ereto, apoiado em si mesmo, e não se valer dos demais como muleta.