Stoic Quotes

43 quotes by 40 authors

I've sat in sushi bars, really fine ones, and I know how hard this guy worked, how proud he is. I know you don't need… — Anthony Bourdain
You've got to figure out what works best for you. That's the hard part. I know I can't play as stoic as Hogan, and I… — Tiger Woods
Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day. — Claire Bloom
Not the least of the problems in clarifying one's consciousness is developing the stoic determination to criticize one's own softness or sentimentality toward oneself. Ego,… — Kenny Smith
Normal people think we're highly dependent and can't live without ongoing support, but in fact there are times when we're stoic heroes. — Naoki Higashida
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes, no matter how… — James C. Collins
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding its resonance and… — Michael Silverblatt
But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father… — Patricia Richardson
Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves; that with the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The two of them were stoic and stone-faced and ten feet apart, currently not even looking at each other, but Zuzana had the impression of… — Laini Taylor
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature. — Seneca the Younger
See, I donâ€™t expect to win a prize for stoic control and dignity at mourning time. Death deserve tantrums. Beating back shocked indignation, kicks in… — Ruby Dee
Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all, and… — Charlotte Bronte
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings… — H. L. Mencken
Every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Now, as never before, hundreds of millions of men and women-who had formerly believed that stoic resignation in the face of hunger and disease and… — John F. Kennedy
The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong voice… — Gillian Welch
Die - you will have to die. But die gracefully. I am not saying die like a stoic, I am not saying die like a… — Rajneesh
So-called austerity, the stoic injunction, is the path towards universal destruction. It is the old, the fatal, competitive path. Pull in your belt is a… — Wyndham Lewis

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