Aristotle Quotes

To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of a coward; for it is cowardice to avoid trouble, and the suicide does not undergo death because it is honorable, but in order to avoid evil.

When all the blandishments of life are gone, The coward sneaks to death, the brave live on.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

By woe the soul to daring action steals; by woe in plaintless patience it excels.

Good soldiers are defined by what they can endure, not by what they can inflict.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.

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

To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

I didn't mind a bit of hardship.

I do not murmur, even if my heart break.

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.

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

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.

Great suffering brings with it the power of great endurance. When sorrow is deepest all the forces of patience and courage are banded together to do their duty. So while we are cowards before petty troubles, great sorrows make us brave by rousing our truer manhood.

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now.

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

What can they suffer that do not fear to die?