Browsing Quotes With Tag: trials (76)
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The turbulent billows of the fretful surface leave the deep parts of the ocean undisturbed; and to him who has a hold on vaster and more permanent realities, the hourly vicissitudes of his personal destiny seem relatively insignificant things. The really religious person is accordingly unshakable and full of equanimity, and calmly ready for any duty that the day may bring forth.
Speaker: William JamesPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:19 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses. That requires intelligence; and it makes the difference between a man of sense and a fool.
Speaker: William BulithoPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:16 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I had the blues because I had no shoes
Until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.Speaker: AnonymousPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:13 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Much of what we call evil… can often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer’s inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight.
Speaker: William JamesPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:10 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
Speaker: Michel de MontaignePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:09 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
For every ailment under the sun,
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try to find it;
If there be none, never mind it.Speaker: Mother GoosePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:07 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Oh, to confront night, storms, hunger,
Ridicule, accident, rebuffs as the trees and animals do.Speaker: Walt WhitmanPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:07 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is not miserable to be blind, it is only miserable not to be able to endure blindness.
Speaker: John MiltonPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:06 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Experience has proved to me, time after time, the enormous value of arriving at a decision. It is the failure to arrive at a fixed purpose, the inability to stop going round and round in maddening circles, that drives men to nervous breakdowns and living hells. I find that fifty percent of my worries vanishes once I arrive at a clear, definite decision; and another forty percent usually vanishes once I start to carry out that decision.
Speaker: Galen LitchfieldPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:04 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved.
Speaker: Charles KetteringPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 8:03 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Speaker: William JamesPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:59 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened.
Speaker: Michel de MontaignePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:56 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We come to maturity with as little preparation fro the pressures of experience as a bookworm asked to do a ballet.
Speaker: David SeaburyPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 7:51 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn’t change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad. Just like what my sister said when I had been in the hospital for a while. She said that she was really worried about going to college, and considering what I was going through, she felt really dumb about it. But I don’t know why she would feel dumb. I’d be worried, too. And really, I don’t think I have it any better or worse than she does. I don’t know. It’s just different. Maybe it’s good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I think that the only perspective is to really be there. Like Sam said, Because it’s okay to feel things. And be who you are about them.
Speaker: Stephen ChboskyPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 4:48 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It’s like if I blamed my aunt Helen, I would have to blame her dad for hitting her and the friend of the family that fooled around with her when she was little. And the person that fooled around with him. And God for not stopping all this and things that are much worse. And I did do that for a while, but then I just couldn’t anymore. Because it wasn’t going anywhere. Because it wasn’t the point.
Speaker: Stephen ChboskyPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 4:47 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they’re here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder ho smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It’s like looking at all the students and wondering who’s had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why. Especially since I know that if they went to another school, the person who had their heart broken would have had their heart broken by somebody else, so why does it have to be so personal?
Speaker: Stephen ChboskyPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 4:44 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“One that is mortal must bear adversity with a patient heart.” Tutor
Speaker: EurpiidesPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 12:02 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“So I rule all this wealth with no great joy.
…The grief that numbs the spirit gluts us quickly.” MenelausSpeaker: HomerPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 10:33 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Ah, how shameless—the way these mortals blame the gods.
From us alone, they say, come all their miseries, yes,
But they themselves, with their own reckless ways,
Compound their pains beyond their proper share.” ZeusSpeaker: HomerPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 10:32 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“It’s no wonder we’re all in such a mess, is it? We’re like Tom Hanks in Big. Little boys and girls trapped in adult bodies and force us to get on with it. And its much worse in real life, because it’s not just snogging and bunk beds, is it? There’s all this as well.”
Speaker: Nick HornbyPosted: 20 Aug 2008 at 9:19 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!