Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
—Francis Bacon
It may seem like some people are simply born with the ability to face tough times with courage and emotional stability. Don’t buy that. Fortitude is something you must develop, and the more you push the boundaries, the more determined you are to experience life, the stronger your emotional control will become.
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No one is fit to command another who cannot command themselves. — William Penn (Public Domain)
Many receive advice; only the wise profit by it. — Publilius Syrus (Public Domain)
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative. — H. G. Wells (by George Charles Beresford; Public Domain)
My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home. — Rodney Dangerfield (Public Domain)
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. — Washington Irving (by Mathew Brady; Public Domain)
Ability will never catch up to the demand for it. — Malcolm Forbes (Image courtesy of Pixabay)
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. — Horace (Public Domain) This doesn’t mean we should stop developing the plan for our life, but...
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else…means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting....
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. — Khalil...
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. — Galileo Galilei (1636, by Justus Sustermans; Public Domain) Never be afraid to shed your old,...
Fortune favors the bold. — Virgil (Public Domain) We look back on our lives and consider the actions we should have taken but did not. What would have happened had we chosen the more daring route?...
The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. But in his heart of hearts he knows that he is a defeated man and that his...
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. — Josh Billings (by Sarony; Public Domain) Alas, silence eludes those who love to engage in arguments. —Mike Hazell
Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism. — Louis Pasteur (by Paul Nadar; Public Domain) Having worked with perhaps a thousand clients over the course of my career, I have seen the...
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. — John Milton (1629; Public Domain)
Those who have no inner-life are slaves to their surroundings. — Henri Frédéric Amiel (1888; Public Domain)
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means; either may do—the result is the same. It is for each to decide for themselves and to do that which...
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way. — Josh Billings (Public Domain) …And even then, after the facts are laid bare, odds are good they will still blame the...
The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right thing, but enjoy the right things; not merely industrious, but to love industry; not merely learned, but to love...
It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. — William E. Gladstone (1892, by Samuel Alexander Walker; Public Domain) Well intentioned or not, how...
