Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character; it becomes lack of power to act with courage proportionate to danger. All this must lead to the destruction of our intellectual life unless the danger summons up strong personalities able to fill the lukewarm and discouraged with new strength and resolution.

Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find.

I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love and respect humanity.

True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

I have one of the great temperaments. I have a winning temperament. Hillary Clinton has a bad temperament. She's weak. We need a strong temperament.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.

It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.

In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.

There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

You never know yourself until the chips are down. True strength is not measured when your at your strongest, but when you’re at your weakest.

Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.

Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time.

If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.

Calmness of will is a sign of grandeur.

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

The poise of a plant, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every vegetable and animal, are also demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. All history from its highest to its trivial passages is the various record of this power.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

Weak people cannot be sincere.

Early in life, I decided that I would not be overcome by events. My philosophy has been that regardless of the circumstances, I shall not be vanquished, but will try to be happy. Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful - and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example.

It's amazing when tragedy strikes, how strong you find that you are, and I'd seen other people go through horrible things. And I just thought, "Wow, I would be a complete mess," and then suddenly when it happens, you realize you had more strength than you knew and it helps you to get through.