Fortitude Quotes
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“Our reasoned choice--our 'prohairesis,' as the stoics called it--is a kind of invincibility that we can cultivate. We can shrug off hostile attacks and breeze through pressure and problems.”
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
― The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“I am a coward. And over the years I haven’t worked all that hard to change that. Rather, I’ve worked very hard not to act on it.”
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“I am led to believe that any summit is achieved simply through a series of steps. However, what I’ve failed to recognize is that those steps would be irrelevant if I hadn’t first gotten up every time I had been knocked down.”
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“Never be disappointed and never lose your hope and fortitude when all that you see around is only shadows. Because if there are shadows, there must also be sources of light nearby. Find them, take them with you to illuminate your trail and make shadows disappear!”
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“She must have known what she planned to do, the risk she was going to take. 'Where did that calm come from?' I had wondered at the time. Now I knew. It was a resolve to execute the plan without attachment to the result. It was valuing guts more than the win.”
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“If you have not been driven to the end of yourself at some point in your life, it is likely that you have not given the whole of yourself at any time in your life.”
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“They say that “necessity is the mother of invention.” If that’s the case, then maybe the father of invention is the faith that one can actually invent in the first place.”
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“Courage to die is all too different from that required to carry on living against odds." - Crossing the Mirage”
― Crossing the Mirage - Passing through Youth
― Crossing the Mirage - Passing through Youth
“There is a life of iron and a life of silver. Today we are in the life of iron. We must be strong.”
― Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear
― Destiny of Dreams: Time Is Dear
“With creation and function came peace. With mental fortitude came strength and the banishment of weakness.”
― Feat of Iron
― Feat of Iron
“The falls will come and I will lay prostrate on the cold hard pavement. But will I call the pavement a part of the journey to another place, or will I see the journey as ending in that place?”
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“Rare are the principles that drive us to stand even when we realize that we will likely perish in the standing. And rarer still is the person who will surrender everything to protect such principles. Yet, these very characteristics are the unbending elements that raised this nation up from untamed wilderness and turmoil, and let us all be warned that without them we will rapidly return this nation to untamed wilderness and turmoil.”
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“Honesty means willfully exchanging my precious agendas for the very truth that those agendas were designed to destroy. And sadly, few of us choose to be that brave.”
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“Prayer gives you the fortitude to wait upon the Lord and avoid shortcuts, because you know even if it takes a while, God will answer.”
― Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
― Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“There’s nothing brave in pushing myself to the edge of my comfort zone. Bravery is about refusing to be in any kind of comfort zone in the first place.”
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“At the point that we can no longer see the dream, we need to have rehearsed it so many times that we can pursue it even though we can no longer see it.”
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“As anyone's ratio of trials to triumph grows to a complex, incalculable thing, so does their verve and valor become an immeasurable impact and influence.”
― Whatsoever Things: A Little Theme of Faith & Inspiration With Wings
― Whatsoever Things: A Little Theme of Faith & Inspiration With Wings
“I look at a palm tree and see strength and perseverance. How else could this tree stand tall in such arid land?”
― Tajrish
― Tajrish
“To refuse the sacrifice of the ascent is to miss the fact that the grandeur of the valley can only be fully appreciated when we see the whole of it rather than spending the entirety of our lives simply walking a part of it.”
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“The opposite of sloth is not 'activity' or industriousness in a business sense. It is fortitude - including patience and long-suffering.”
― Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation
― Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation
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