Tycho Brahe Quotes

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above and to the energetic man, every region is his fatherland.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

If I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style. You won't hear me surrender, you won't hear me confess cause you've left me with nothing but I have worked with less.

Whatever happens, I'm ready to face it.

Greeks have always been very confident, very strong people. That is - that is our real, I guess, benefit, is that we are independent thinkers. We will always get up on our feet. We - we sometimes act the best when we are downtrodden.

Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.

I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality.

My strength of character is a privilege. I can do anything to survive. I don't break easily.

I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

I'm a pretty strong person.

When things are down, we can't hit the panic button, and when things are up, we can't relax. We've just got to stay consistent.

I will not close my eyes, neither those in my head nor those in my soul, as the ship carries me away, along with my future, my dreams, and my beliefs. Buru Island is no happy land somewhere; it's but a way station on my journey in life—though to believe even that much will require no small measure of hope.

Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running.

Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.