George Saunders Quotes

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

It takes great strength and courage to ask for help.

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.

I don't worry about people misinterpreting my kindness for weakness.

I must thank my good friend Nigel Brennan. His strength of character in the midst of extreme hardship inspired me during the darkest days. Despite our separation, he always managed to find small ways to remind me that there are gentlemen in the world, even when I was surrounded by just the opposite.

My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

Cancer opens many doors. One of the most important is your heart.

If you never know hardship, you can't really support people around you.

Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does.

'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

I wish I was harder; I wish I didn't care so much about being the nice girl all the time because a lot of the time people can take kindness for weakness, so I wish I had a little bit more 'oomph' in me.

It's so easy to be there when it's all sunshine, but it really takes strength and courage to be there for each other during the dark times.

Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us - in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.