Henry Fielding Quotes

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.

Survival is as much a matter of grace as fight. The expression, 'grace under pressure' implies the attainment of equanimity and equilibrium. The fundamental durability of the human body surprises us because the pain can be so intense - yet pain is often transient and hides the tremendous effforts the body is engaged in to heal itself.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

You have to be strong and calm to overcome difficult moments.

My mother says that I have abnormal capacity to tolerate pain. It's the first step to win over adversaries.

There are going to be ups and downs, but you have to have a steady mindset, regardless of the situation you're in.

You're going to have highs and lows, but it's how you get through the lows.

That's where I get my toughness in mind. From my background when I was young, everything I've been through, everything I was going through in my life. It helped me a lot, it helped me to be strong.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

Balance. It was all about balance. That had been one of the first things that she had learned: the centre of the seesaw has neither up nor down, but upness and downness flow through it while it remains unmoved. You had to be the centre of the seesaw so the pain flowed through you, not into you. It was very hard. But she could do it!

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

I have a high tolerance for discomfort.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

The young must be prepared to experience innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.