Ambition Quote by Elvis Mitchell

“Indeed this gentleman's stoicism was of that not uncommon kind, which enables a man to bear with exemplary fortitude the afflictions of his friends,…

— Charles Dickens

“He was a compact, clearcut man, with precise features, a lot of very soft black hair, and thoughtful dark brown eyes. He had a…

— A.S. Byatt

“The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all; and to “burst” with boldness and good-will into “the silent sea” of their souls is often to…

— Charlotte Brontë

“The stoic says the universe Is leagued to try the sage's virtue. If evil smites you, look for worse, And if it hurts you,…

— Morris Bishop

I've gotten a lot of comfort from the philosophy of the Roman Stoics. For me, one of the most powerful ideas of Stoicism is…

— Elif Batuman

“There is nothing worse than a proud stoic. -- The Big Why”

— Michael Winter

He [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.

— Marlene Dietrich

“there was dignity to be found in stoicism,”

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Melodramas of moral courage provide satisfaction through the comforting fantasy that our own character would hold steady under the most extreme pressure of dreadful…

— Jonathan Shay

No man is quite so much a hero in the dark as in broad daylight, in solitude as in society, in the gloom of…

— William H. Prescott

In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all…

— Benjamin Rush

“A picture in a book, a lynching. The bland faces of men who watch a Christ go up in flames, smiling, as if he…

— Toi Derricotte