Marcus Aurelius 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.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

If you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. And you actually have power over those people.

I feel like I learned that I am so much stronger than I ever thought I was, not just emotionally, but physically.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

As women, we need to know that we can overpower anyone with our mental strength.

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

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.

We're stronger than we realize.

I see the beauty in boxing. It teaches me strength physically, but mostly mentally. I had to learn my strength, because for so long I could have been tougher than I was.

Inner strength is very important.

I've taken great pride in not being fragile.

What gives you strength at any circumstance is your understanding of yourself.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out.

If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it.

But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

I am mentally strong.

We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support. Strength needs it far more.

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

I have this strength that comes from knowledge.

In my opinion, the power of the mind in sport is vital. If you can overpower those physical risks mentally, you can get your body round it physically. I've made my body do things because of my mind that it shouldn't have been able to do.