George Sand Quotes

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.

To watch people push themselves further than they think they can, it's a beautiful thing. It's really human.

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.

No matter how you are feeling, get up every morning and prepare to let your light shine forth.

If you grow yourself to become a successful person, in strength of character and mind, you will naturally be successful in anything and everything you do.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.

I use memories but I will not allow memories to use me.

To attain his dream, the warrior of light needs a strong will and an enormous capacity for acceptance.

It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings

I think what we can do is to develop this incredible computer that we have on our heads, because it's endless. It's just the most brilliant thing we have to develop, and know that we have the power over all of it.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

Life is challenging. I wish I could tell you that you’ll always be on top of the mountain, but the reality is that there are days when nothing will go right, when not only will you not be on top, you may not even be able to figure out which way is up. Do yourself a favor, and don’t make it any harder than it has to be. In those moments, be careful how you speak to yourself; be careful how you think of yourself; be careful how you conduct yourself; be careful how you develop yourself.

Strength comes from choosing to fully trust, pray, and praise. Our circumstances may not change, but in the process we change.

What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.

Not in his goals but in his transitions, man is great.

The progress of life shows a man the stuff of which he is made.

Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.

Most of us have just learned to exercise our survival muscle. It's time to build our victory muscle.

I'm an 18-years thriver, I call myself, not a survivor, because I feel like I'm in thriving my life even better than I ever have, and I want to encourage other women that are going through this journey that here I am.

I think that ordinary people who are placed in extraordinary circumstances find themselves pushed beyond their limits, and learn new truths about themselves.

I like the man who takes the stones Upon his rocky road With smiling lips instead of groans, Whate'er his heavy load Who seizes each as on he goes, And neatly crumbles it, And turns his share of pebbly woes To stores of inner grit.

There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.