Mark Helprin Quotes

Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.

There is more inside you than you dare think.

It's amazing what you'll discover if you start exploring what God has placed within you.

I want everyone to be aware of what their superpower is because I believe that we all have superpowers.

You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.

What’s more, you’re loads better than you think you are.” “So why is it I get to thinking that way?” I puzzled. “That’s because you’re only half-living.” she said briskly. “The other half is still untapped somewhere.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe. We are stronger and more resourceful than we know, and we can endure much more than we think we can.

This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.

Just look inside and you will find just what you can do.

Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential until he learns to know his or her own self. the trouble with many people is that they got through life thinking and writing themselves off as ordinary commonplace persons. having no proper belief in themselves they live aimless and erratic lives largely because they never realize what their lives really can be or what they can become

Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.

Become aware that you already possess all the inner wisdom, strength, and creativity needed to make your dreams come true.

I've continued to recognize the power individuals have to change virtually anything and everything in their lives in an instant. I've learned that the resources we need to turn our dreams into reality are within us, merely waiting for the day when we decide to wake up and claim our birthright.

The truth comes out... I think when you fight you find out who you are

The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.

The power is within you. It always has been. How far are you willing to expand the horizons of your thinking and stir that power awake?

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting.

Every human being has inside them something more important than him or herself - his or her Gift.

There are things you think you cannot do. You have no idea how strong you are until you try.

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.

I think in losing we find out who that person really is.

I think people will become more and more aware that we are all more than we seem.

It's interesting to feel the pressure of having to be outgoing, because I think in general, as a human being, I'm pessimistic and introverted. But, it's cool, because it's a whole different side of me, and I impress myself. Even at times when I think that there's no possible way that I can be engaging, I'll suddenly pull it out and impress myself.

If we don't know ourselves, our essence, where our true power comes from, we will believe our power comes from collecting victories, trophies, money, or recognition. And these are all fine, but it's not ultimately what life is about. When we think it is, we really waste our greatest possibilities.