Quotes About Strength

habla y actúa en todo según lo que sea más sano. Ese planteamiento te libera de golpes, de vacilación, de preocupación y afectación.

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.

I am half naked, neither have I bread to eat, and yet I depart not from reason, saith one.

And to be the same in all circumstances—intense pain, the loss of a child, chronic illness. And to see clearly, from his example, that a man can show both strength and flexibility.

Now hath pain given thee the foil; thy courage hath failed thee.

It's unfortunate that this has happened. No. It's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed by it—not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone.

The art of true living in this world is more like a wrestler's, than a dancer's practice. For in this they both agree, to teach a man whatsoever falls upon him, that he may be ready for it, and that nothing may cast him down.

Living is more like wrestling than dancing: you have to stay on your feet, ready and unruffled, while blows are being rained down on you, sometimes from unexpected quarters.

Use thyself even unto those things that thou doest at first despair of. For the left hand we see, which for the most part lieth idle because not used; yet doth it hold the bridle with more strength than the right, because it hath been used unto it.

18. Nothing happens to anyone that he can't endure. The same thing happens to other people, and they weather it unharmed—out of sheer obliviousness or because they want to display "character." Is wisdom really so much weaker than ignorance and vanity?

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

Jos jokin tuntuu sinusta vaikealta, niin älä ajattele, että ihminen ei voi sitä kestää. Jos sen sijaan jokin on mahdollista ihmisen suorittaa, niin arvele voivasi itsekin siitä selviytyä.

virtudes estoicas que debían regir su vida: sinceridad, sencillez y valor.

The closer a person is to calm, the closer they are to strength.

The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.

We are each of us stronger than we think.

The business of life is more akin to wrestling than dancing, for it requires of us to stand ready and unshakable against every assault however unforeseen.

If you want to be able to perform under pressure, you need to learn to play tired.

Habite en ti la serenidad, la ausencia de necesidad de ayuda externa y de la tranquilidad que procuran otros. Conviene, por consiguiente, mantenerse recto, no enderezado.

The model for the application of your principles is the boxer rather than the gladiator, The gladiator puts down or takes up the sword he uses, but the boxer always has his hands and needs only to clench them into fists. p117

God give me patience to reconcile with what I am not able to change. Give me strength to change what I can. And give me wisdom to distinguish one from another.

Be like a promontory against which the waves are always breaking. It stands fast, and stills the waters that rage around it.

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.

It is a disgrace for the soul to be the first to succumb in that life in which the body does not succumb.