Confucius Quotes

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Obviously, I'm not a man of steel in that people's words don't affect me. They might hurt me. But I am becoming immune to it as time goes by.

Of course, fighting is one of the most emotional things that you can possibly do. You have to constantly deal with your emotions, especially myself. I have so many that that's where I get my energy from. But it's a matter of controlling them, and yeah, I just don't let nothing affect me.

Her aunt Sol had once told Shai to smile at the worst insults and snap at the minor ones. That way, no man would know your heart.

It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

I have come to know the mutability of all human relationships and have learned to insulate myself against both heat and cold so that a temperature balance is fairly well assured.

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

Trying your best not to get stressed out, the hardest part is not to get down, not to let the business get to you. I think the business is more mental than it is talent. I think you can have the talent, but if you don't have it up here, I think you can easily just break down.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.

No one can hurt me - that's my job.

When you're in pain, you're genuinely very, very alive, and that's beautiful. Especially emotional pain.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

I'm pretty good at compartmentalizing things and not allowing things outside of myself to distract me or bother me or affect me in any way.

Never relinquish your terrors. That's when they catch you.

The key to success is emotional stability.

Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.

The pain is always bringing me a lesson. If I listen to the lesson when the pain is manageable, the pain won't get gargantuan and flatten me entirely, because I will have received the message at the center. I receive it as gently as I can, because the cruelest thing that I do to myself is try to push myself through an experience.

Keep your intelligence white hot and your grief glistening“ so your life will stay fresh.

What separates great players from the good ones is not so much ability as brain power and emotional equilibrium.

We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.

You might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not.

The smarter you are, the more reasons you have to be miserable.

You can't be wise without being intelligent, but you certainly can be intelligent without being wise.