Rage Quotes - Page 7

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.

For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else.

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.

When you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this one's energy, that one's modesty, another's generosity, and so on. Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when we're practically showered with them. It's good to keep this in mind.

If you ever think about giving up, remember why you held on for so long.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.

It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now?

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

I'm not intimidated by anyone. Everyone is made with two arms, two legs, a stomach and a head. Just think about that.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt.