Henry Rollins Quotes

The deeper we look, the more we shall be convinced that the one thing wanting, which we must strive to acquire before all others, is strength strength physical, strength mental, strength moral, but above all strength spiritual which is the one inexhaustible and imperishable source of all the others. If we have strength everything else will be added to us easily and naturally.

I'm not that big, physically. I'm just big where it counts - I got a big heart!

Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

I think for a girl to be strong, it doesn't have to involve being physically strong.

Heart power is stronger than horsepower.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through. A strong mind and body aren't always enough. You might also need a resilient heart.

You can be the greatest guy in the world but if you ain't got no heart, you ain't gonna survive.

I have had a couple of situations where I wasn't the strongest person in the world.

The Way of a Warrior is based on humanity, love, and sincerity; the heart of martial valor is true bravery, wisdom, love, and friendship. Emphasis on the physical aspects of warriorship is futile, for the power of the body is always limited.

One of the ideas that runs through this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly powerful; not the brain but the mind.

I think you're the sort of person who finds money on the ground and waves it in the air and asks if anyone has lost it. I think you cry in movies that aren't even sad because you have a soft heart, though you don't let it show. I think you do things that scare you, and that makes you braver than those adrenaline junkies who bungee-jump off bridges.

Fear lives in the head. And courage lives in the heart. The job is to get from one to the other.

It doesn’t matter how strong or capable you are; if you don’t have a big heart, you will not succeed.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

You have incredible lives ahead of you. You have incredible things that you can accomplish. If you feel that, you will have an amazing life. Do not let anything build a wall too high for you to get over. And I know that might seem very cliche, but I've had alot of friends who had hurt themselves. And when you're younger, a lot of that stuff is so temporary. You can get through it. You're stronger than you think. You'll ALWAYS be stronger than you think. Feel with your heart and do what you want.

And there is not anything in the world stronger than tenderness.

We are born male. We must learn to be men. Remember, strength is a force. It is an attribute of the heart. Its opposite is not weakness and fear, but confusion, lack of clarity, and lack of sound intention. If you are able to discern the path with heart and follow it even when at the moment it seems wrong, then and only then are you strong. Remember the words of Tao te ching. "The only true strength is a strength that people do not fear." Strength based in force is a strength people fear. Strength based in love is a strength people crave.

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves. All of these people who are heroes, these guys who have been lily white and clean all their lives, if they went through what I went through, they would commit suicide. They don't have the heart that I have. I've lived places they can't defecate in.

What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one's outer capacities. I hope that by doing this I will be able to inspire many people to pray and meditate sincerely as part of their regular daily routine. my message is that if one needs strength, then uncovering one's inner strength through prayer and meditation is the fastest and most effective way to get it.

The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.