Heroic Quote by Viktor E. Frankl Download Open image “To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic.” — Viktor E. Frankl ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Heroic Masochistic Suffering
“If it is avoidable, the meaningful thing to do is to remove its cause, for unnecessary suffering is masochistic rather than heroic.” — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“I only insist that meaning is possible even in spite of suffering—provided, certainly, that the suffering is unavoidable. If it were avoidable, however, the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life. — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
Every heroic act measures itself by its contempt of some external good. But it finds its own success at last, and then the prudent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If you look at the heroes of antiquity and myth, they all have flaws. It's something that they have to overcome; their flaws are… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own… — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one's self a fool. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“To be heroic may mean nothing more than this then, to stand in the face of the status quo, in the face of an… — Mike Alsford Copy Share Image
The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten. — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“In the past, nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured. To be sure, people tend to… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer... his unique opportunity lies in the way he bears his burden. — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“A positive attitude enables a person to endure suffering and disappointment as well as enhance enjoyment and satisfaction. A negative attitude intensifies pain and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Man's last freedom is his freedom to choose how he will react in any given situation — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
“There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the enveloping gloom. I felt it transcend… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Lack of confidence, sometimes alternating with unrealistic dreams of heroic success, often leads to procrastination, and many studies suggest that procrastinators are self-handicappers: rather… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
“The Coward will run away from danger, only to strike in the dark. The Heroine will run through the dark, even though she knows… — David A. Cleinman Copy Share Image
All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past age that… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots… — Tim Holden Copy Share Image
I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a… — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
She looked at me. "What? Is there something wrong with my idea?" "It's not very heroic," I said dismissively. "I was expecting something with… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
