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Inner strength13 quotes
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — Henry S. Haskins · 1940You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise. — Maya Angelou · 1978It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952I bend and I break not. — Jean de La Fontaine · 1668All 13 quotes →Resilience3 quotes
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise. — Maya Angelou · 1978Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Don't let the bastards grind you down. — Margaret Atwood · 1985Adversity1 quote
A little fall of rain can hardly hurt me now. — Eponine · 2012Character1 quote
For he that is fallen low did never firmly stand. — Boethius · 523Courage1 quote
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Dependability1 quote
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Determination1 quote
The worth and value of a man is in his heart and his will; there lies his real honour. Valour is the strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580Eyes1 quote
Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Fortitude1 quote
I bend and I break not. — Jean de La Fontaine · 1668Free will1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Girl power1 quote
I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king. — Elizabeth I · 1588Overcoming adversity1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Steadfastness1 quote
Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest. — Marcus Aurelius · 180The mind1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58