We all possess wisdom that we lack the strength properly to enact in our lives. —Alain de Botton in Religion for Atheists More about this quote Tags: action wisdom strength Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Alain de Botton Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It's great when you finally realize that being miserable doesn't protect you from bad stuff happening. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: pessimism sadness miserable Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email You get down to work when the fear of having done nothing finally exceeds the fear of doing it wrong. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: fear accomplishment error work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: love perfection imperfection health Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The prestige of the news is founded on the unstated assumption that our lives are forever poised on the verge of critical transformation thanks to the two driving forces of modern history: politics and technology. —Alain de Botton in Religion for Atheists More about this quote Tags: news rapid change politics technology Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It's great when you finally realize that being miserable doesn't protect you from bad stuff happening. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: pessimism sadness miserable Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You get down to work when the fear of having done nothing finally exceeds the fear of doing it wrong. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: fear accomplishment error work Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. —Alain de Botton More about this quote Tags: love perfection imperfection health Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The prestige of the news is founded on the unstated assumption that our lives are forever poised on the verge of critical transformation thanks to the two driving forces of modern history: politics and technology. —Alain de Botton in Religion for Atheists More about this quote Tags: news rapid change politics technology Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “strength” A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. —Jimmy Carter More about this quote Tags: strength weakness USA boasting insecurity restraint Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it's a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. —Tahereh Mafi in Shatter Me More about this quote Tags: strength knowledge self moon steadfast Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email We're told that men are strong and brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat, and bear physical and mental agony much better than men. —Lisa See in Shanghai Girls More about this quote Tags: strength women men bravery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Strength is not in the body, it's in the mind. It doesn't lie in flexing your muscles and crushing those who oppose you. It lies in being the last one standing. —Leah Raeder in Black Iris More about this quote Tags: mind strength endurance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Sometimes you have to endure painful things to realize that you're a whole lot stronger than you think. —Jenn Bennett in Approximately More about this quote Tags: strength pain endurance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity. —Jimmy Carter More about this quote Tags: strength weakness USA boasting insecurity restraint Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it's a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. —Tahereh Mafi in Shatter Me More about this quote Tags: strength knowledge self moon steadfast Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We're told that men are strong and brave, but I think women know how to endure, accept defeat, and bear physical and mental agony much better than men. —Lisa See in Shanghai Girls More about this quote Tags: strength women men bravery Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Strength is not in the body, it's in the mind. It doesn't lie in flexing your muscles and crushing those who oppose you. It lies in being the last one standing. —Leah Raeder in Black Iris More about this quote Tags: mind strength endurance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes you have to endure painful things to realize that you're a whole lot stronger than you think. —Jenn Bennett in Approximately More about this quote Tags: strength pain endurance Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email