Carlos Castaneda Quotes

The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear.

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

Face the giants in your life, slay them, and move on. Do not be daunted by the mistakes and failures in your life.

He who overcomes others has force; he who overcomes himself is strong.

The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along fairly smoothly, there are not the same opportunities that enable you to strengthen your power and become the master of your thoughts and emotions. You see, even challenges are beautiful opportunities in disguise.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such

When you are required to exhibit strength, it comes.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Can't react every time you're insulted. Free people absorb destructive things and refuse to be destroyed

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other.

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

I feel like through martial arts I'm able to face my fears head on. It makes me not run away from challenges in life. I'm able to transfer my martial arts training over to other challenges. To be able to conquer your fears is the best feeling in the world.

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

The sufferings that fate inflicts on us should be borne with patience, what enemies inflict with manly courage.

It is a law of nature that you must do difficult things to gain strength and power. As with working out, after a while you make the connection between doing difficult things and the benefits you get from doing them, and you come to look forward to doing these difficult things.