Terence Trent D'Arby Quotes

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.

Every weakness contains within itself a strength.

When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Life is weird and complex but very simple at the same time. It's all about perception.

I'm learning how strong I am, how resilient I am. I'm learning my weaknesses.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

Every form of strength is also a form of weakness.

A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.

If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

Never give up, which is the lesson I learned from boxing. As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older.

I guess I found it useful to realise that everything is true at once, you know? You can pull back and say, 'Everything will be fine,' but you can also be in a situation and say, 'Not everything is going to be fine.'

It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

My strength and my weakness are twins in the same womb.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant or constantly submissive?

Life is strong and fragile. It's a paradox... It's both things, like quantum physics: It's a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

So what is discord at one level of your being is harmony at another level.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.