Rona Barrett Quotes

There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

I think Ellenor is embarrassed and ashamed and has devoted all of her energy to the law and to helping other people get justice because it's too difficult for her to face her own struggle for justice.

Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul.

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart.

I knuckle down with my demons, and with my weaknesses.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

I did a lot of struggling with my identity trying to figure out who the heck I was. I had to face my demons.

Every fight is personal, but with myself.

You can't run away from yourself

I was not fighting myself at all as I used to.

Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

I discovered that the world frightens you with your shortcomings, but if you do not worry about it, you are liberated.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

There must have been something in my nature - I believe, with all my heart, that I have conquered it now - which prevented me from being perfectly happy or making a woman perfectly happy.

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at.

I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai. My roots aren't samurai, but my soul is.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.