Edgar Guest Quotes

It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affliction or grief has humanized the soul.

But the question that everyone wanted answered was whether I would have the nerve and the strength to start the whole process from scratch. I said yes; otherwise I would be someone who had no dream left, and without dreams I would not want to live.

This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.

I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.

Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes from herself, and it is her own motions which affect her. As for the contingencies of fortune, they are either great or little, according to the opinion she has of her own strength.

Soul of fibre and heart of oak.

When it comes to betting on yourself... you're a chicken-livered coward if you hesitate.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

The only thing I have learned is to find strength in yourself. No one can help you, no one can do anything for you, you have to do the work yourself.

The strength of the soul can defy a whole world in arms against it.

Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul

The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

It's important to resolve to yourself, 'I will absolutely win!' Then this firm commitment will serve as the wellspring of great wisdom and courage that surges forth from within.

We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.

Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.

Choose battles that you can win without losing your heart and your soul.

Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.

I feel an army in my fist.

All human victories, all human progress, stand upon the inner force.

Things themselves cannot touch the soul, not in the least degree, nor have they admission to the soul nor can they turn or move the soul: it turns and moves itself alone and whatever judgment it may think proper to make, such it makes by remaking for itself the things that present themselves to it

Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield,But to my own strength. Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved,But for the patience to win my freedom.

Keep faith, trust to love, fight with honor, but fight to win.

There are two kinds of power. One is power over, which is always destructive, and the other is power from within, which is a transcendent and creative power.