Marianne Moore Quotes

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

You find strength in your moments of weakness.

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

But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on

We all have moments of weakness. It’s how we recover from them that really counts.

It is always more difficult to fight one's own failings than the power of an adversary.

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.

The mark of the man is how he responds to situations. You're not going to avoid tough times. We're all over the barrel some of the time. What are you going to do about it?