D. H. Lawrence Quotes

Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.

I was entangled by weakness, by passion, by sin, in coils which it was almost impossible to break.

Nonviolence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be nonviolent

Power won't change me.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.

I discovered I'm a lot more patient than I thought I'd be. It takes a lot to shake me.

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

Never forget that the most political thing you can ever do is follow your heart.

I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.

My strength needs no victims. My strength is my compassion.

I never compromised my integrity by playing a character. I didn't tweet anybody something crazy. I was just myself, kept winning and stayed ready. I didn't sell my soul.

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

Temptations are as thick as the leaves of the forest, and no one can be out of the reach of temptation unless he is dead. The great thing is to make people intelligent enough and strong enough, not to keep away from temptation, but to resist it.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life.

When we know deep down that we're acting with integrity despite impulses to do otherwise, we feel gates of higher energy and inspiration open inside of us.

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from.