Quotes About Strength

What truly differentiates the heavies from the lightweights is not how tough they are, but how aware they are.

She who laughs, lasts. kate clinton

Si llevas a cabo la tarea presente de acuerdo con la razón recta, con diligencia, con fuerza, con buen ánimo y no te desvías en nada accesorio sino que vigilas que tu espíritu divino permanezca puro como si ya hubiera que devolverlo, si te agarras a eso sin esperar ni evitar nada, sino que te conformas en tu actuación presente a la naturaleza y en lo que dices y declaras a la verdad romana, tendrás una buena vida. Nadie hay que pueda impedírtelo.

Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

Choose not to be harmed—and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed—and you haven't been.

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

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

What we cannot bear removes us from life; what remains can be borne.

Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain from, and cannot enjoy without excess. But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul.

It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.' No, you should rather say: 'It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearful of the future.' Because such a thing could have happened to any man, but not every man could have borne it without pain. So why see more misfortune in the event than good fortune in your ability to bear it?

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. Marcus Aurelius

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

Kindness is invincible.

Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, How unlucky that this should happen to me! Not at all! Say instead, How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint.

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

8. It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you—inside or out.

strength and honor

You have the power within you to endure anything, for your mere opinion can render it tolerable, perhaps even acceptable, by regarding it as an opportunity for enlightenment or a matter of duty.

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

Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.

To stand up straight — not straightened

It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet. What's in my thoughts at this moment? Fear? Jealousy? Desire? Feelings like that?

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

When you start to lose your temper, remember: There's nothing manly about rage. It's courtesy and kindness that define a human being—and a man. That's who possesses strength and nerves and guts, not the angry whiners. To react like that brings you closer to impassivity—and so to strength. Pain is the opposite of strength, and so is anger. Both are things we suffer from, and yield to.