All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me…. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. | |
— Walt Disney | |
Fall seven times, stand up eight. | |
— Japanese proverb | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Little Epiphany |
2021 | Clear Global Standards |
A Girl Like You | |
2020 | Life’s Mysteries |
2019 | I Doubt I Ever Will |
2018 | Who Will Thank (If Not Remember) Me |
2017 | Reinforced Learning |
2016 | I Choose To Believe |
2015 | What They Don’t Teach You At School |
2014 | Still Trying To Die (5) |
2013 | Honest Doubt |
2012 | Choice |
2011 | Ownership Of Thought |
Posts Tagged ‘Strength’
Eight Best Things
Posted in Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged Adversity, Falling, Japanese Proverb, Kick, Philosophy, Quotes, Stand Up, Strength, Teeth, Walt Disney on April 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Thinking About My Sister
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bravery, Creating Yourself, Family, Finding Yourself, Fury, George Bernard Shaw, Happy Birthday Sis, Helen Keller, Jean de la Fontaine, Joy, Patience, Philosophy, Strength, Time on April 5, 2023| 2 Comments »
We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world. | |
— Helen Keller | |
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury. | |
— Jean de la Fontaine | |
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. | |
— George Bernard Shaw | |
[Happy Birthday, Sis!! — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Dust Under Your Fingertips |
2021 | Stopped Counting Decades Ago |
Just Enjoying The Sun | |
2020 | To My Idealistic Sister |
2019 | Respect For My Sister |
2018 | I Trust Cows |
No Boundary | |
2017 | Don’t Sink Now |
2016 | A Burning Passion To Teach Freedom |
2015 | Before Debit (And Credit) Cards |
2014 | Herding Cats |
2013 | Ooops! |
2012 | Understand A Great Truth |
2011 | Start Here… |
2010 | Random Acts of Vandalism On Easter Weekend… |
Actually, It’s The Other Way Around
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Compassion, Courage, Foundation, Humility, Integrity, Mark Twain, Philosophy, Quotes, Risks, Strength, Wisdom on April 4, 2023| 2 Comments »
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity. | |
— Mark Twain | |
[I believe integrity is the foundation of courage. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | If That’s What You Mean |
2021 | Awakening The Glow |
I Remember | |
2020 | Golden Eagle |
Like #45: Incompetent Donald | |
2019 | #45: Who Lost By Three Million Votes |
2018 | Torn Between Two Loves |
A Girl And A Boy | |
2017 | I Think They Are Starting To… |
2016 | Living There |
2015 | Bookin’ West |
Beyond My Reach | |
You Never Call Anymore… | |
2014 | Winning? |
2013 | Still Inventing |
2012 | Motivated |
2011 | Waiting In Line At Starbuck’s |
Strength, Wisdom, Deserving
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Actions, Adversity, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Philosophy, Pride, Quotes, Strength, Victory, Wisdom on February 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »
May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud. | |
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | One Link In The Chain |
2021 | Life Measures |
First Thing Every Morning | |
2020 | Like #45 And Many Of His Supporters |
(Leap Year 29th) | With Some Epic Scenery Along The Way |
2019 | Creative Prayer Time |
ADF: Day 9:5 | |
2018 | #DumbDonald: Start With Hearing What You Don’t Want Said |
2017 | The Press Is NOT The Enemy |
2016 | It Ain’t Easy |
(Leap Year 29th) | Or Try To, Anyway… |
(Leap Year 29th) | Circles Within Circles |
2015 | A Series Of Funerals |
2014 | And Your Point Is? |
2013 | Infinitely Care |
2012 | In My Room |
(Leap Year 29th) | Stingray – TV Series Review (This is my most popular post since starting my blog – hands down! It still draws hits almost every week. The hits seem to come mostly from Central Europe. I guess the show must be in syndication there. // 2020 update: While this is still my all-time, most popular post, it is no longer being viewed every week – or even every month. I guess the show is no longer in syndication.) |
(Leap Year 29th) | A Single Thread |
2011 | Lyrical Mixture |
Teaching = Translating | |
Standing Strength
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Effort, Growth, Napoleon Hill, Norman Vincent Peale, Obstacles, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength, Struggle on February 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. | |
— Norman Vincent Peale | |
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. | |
— Napoleon Hill | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Overbooked |
2021 | One Month In: Learning To Play Guitar |
Cause The Melody Keeps Haunting Me | |
2020 | Working On My 2019 Tax Returns |
2019 | Three Beliefs |
2018 | He Found Them On-Line |
2017 | Maybe In A Future World |
2016 | Largely A Mystery |
2015 | Tools And Weapons |
2014 | Likes And Dislikes |
2013 | Pillars Of Learning |
2012 | Another JCoM Review |
Move It | |
2011 | Expected Value |
But Am I Strong Or Is There No Special Hurry?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Farewell To Arms, Broken People, Broken Places, Courage, Ernest Hemingway, No Special Hurry, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength on January 9, 2023| 2 Comments »
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry. | |
— Ernest Hemingway | |
From his novel: “A Farewell to Arms“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Looking For Treasure Troves |
2021 | True Originality |
There Must Be Peace And Understanding | |
2020 | #45: Lies And Hate-Speech Are Not Moral Leadership |
2019 | Be Brave |
2018 | What Else Matters? |
2017 | Slow Go |
2016 | A Tiny Ripple Of Hope |
2015 | Liberating Books |
2014 | Discover God |
2013 | Without Witness |
2012 | Nutritarian |
Streaming Life
Posted in Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confrontation, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Perseverance, Philosophy, Quotes, Rocks, Streams, Strength, Winning on December 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance. | |
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | If You Do Nothing About Climate Change |
Standing By | |
2020 | Each Over All |
Rollin’ Along | |
2019 | And Integrity For Today’s Elected Republicans |
2018 | A Faulty Start, Too |
Honorable Resignation And Syria | |
2017 | Beneath The Tree Of Wisdom |
The Republican Rape Of The American Middle Class | |
2016 | Something Authentic Happened |
2015 | Back On The Bricks |
On, Rocinante!! | |
2014 | Changing Frequently |
2013 | Trifles |
2012 | Simple, Ordinary And Wonderous |
2011 | Humane Writers |
Exaggerating, Imagining, Anticipating
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Crisis, Fear, Imagination, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Moral Letters to Lucilius, On Groundless Fear, Philosophy, Quotes, Reality, Seneca the Younger, Sorrow, Strength, Weakness on October 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality. What I advise you to do is, not to be unhappy before the crisis comes. Accordingly, some things torment us more than they ought; some torment us before they ought; and some torment us when they ought not to torment us at all. We are in the habit of exaggerating, or imagining, or anticipating, sorrow. We shall consider later whether these evils derive their power from their own strength, or from our own weakness. | |
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca | |
Known as: Seneca the Younger | |
From: “On Groundless Fear” (Letter 13 of the “Moral Letters to Lucilius“) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Creation Without Reservation |
From The Tiniest Embers | |
2020 | Listening To The Trees |
Your Mind’s Made Up? | |
2019 | In Silence |
Not Much Light Here | |
2018 | A Gift |
2017 | Unless You Genuinely Are Small |
2016 | B1 |
2015 | Five Things |
2014 | Have Faith |
2013 | Found In A Mine |
2012 | Two-Sided Coin |
2011 | Passionately Scorned Rules |
Somebody Should Have Warned Putin About Ukraine
Posted in Philosophy, Proverbs, Quotes, tagged Courage, Isabel Allende, Knives, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength, Ukraine, Ukrainian Proverb, Vladimir Putin on March 16, 2022| 2 Comments »
He who licks knives will soon cut his tongue. | |
— Ukrainian proverb | |
We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. | |
— Isabel Allende | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Somebody Should Have Warned Putin About Ukraine |
2021 | No Plan And Less Sand |
It Might Sound Strange | |
2020 | Why #45 Is In The Dark |
180 Day Health / Weight Update (Mar 2020) | |
2019 | Tonight I Am All Blacks |
In All Its Messy Complexity | |
2018 | Danger = Opportunity |
2017 | True And Great |
Sand At The Beach | |
2016 | There Is A Difference Between Dangerous And Frightening |
2015 | Always A Goal |
2014 | Standing Strong |
2013 | Shaken And Stirred |
The Bird With The Broken Wing | |
2012 | Friends In High Places |
2011 | Objective Independence |
Prayers For Ukraine
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Great Works, Perseverance, Philosophy, Prayers, Quotes, Samuel Johnson, Strength, Ukraine on March 11, 2022| 2 Comments »
Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. | |
— Samuel Johnson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Prayers For Ukraine |
2021 | Be Your Own Hero |
Another Frog King | |
2020 | Still Trying To… |
2019 | Press Freedom |
2018 | Or Loyalty To An Unqualified And Incompetent President |
2017 | A Bad Sale |
2016 | Be Happy! |
2015 | Are You Feeling Cold? |
2014 | Never Asked |
2013 | In Praise Of Change |
2012 | John Carter Of Mars |
Circular | |
2011 | How Much And When |
First Ask For Courage
Posted in Philosophy, Poems And Writing By Others, Poetry, Quotes, tagged André Zirnheld, Courage, God, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Poems And Writing By Others, Quotes, Strength, The Para's Prayer on September 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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The Para’s Prayer |
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2021 | First Ask For Courage | |||||||||||||||||||
Shadows And Darkness | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | My 2 Cents | |||||||||||||||||||
You Do It | ||||||||||||||||||||
Must Be Why I Like Dreamin’ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | The Opening Step | |||||||||||||||||||
Day 17/18: That Didn’t Take Long | ||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | I’ll Trade You… | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Luv Me Some Meat Loaf | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Unless Your Name Is #AmnestyDon | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | A Tentative First Step | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Making People | |||||||||||||||||||
2013 | On Reading Books | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | On America | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Shiver, Me Timbers! | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Fiduciary Breakdown | |||||||||||||||||||
You Really Are
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bravery, Christopher Robin, Encouragement, On Being Smart, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength on September 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »
You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think. | |
— Christopher Robin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | You Really Are |
What You Want | |
2020 | So Far The Only Burden Shifted Has Been The Cost |
Rockin’ The Hammond | |
2019 | The Powers Of Mind |
Day 10: Into Double Digits | |
2018 | Up For Progress |
Day 1.5: Done (For Now) | |
2017 | And Second By Second |
2016 | Bakeries And Coffee Shops |
2015 | Spirit Not Form |
2014 | Sometimes Even Kneeling Seems Insufficient |
2013 | Hobgoblins |
2012 | Got Sleep? |
2011 | Not Another Barren Corner |
Born Again
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Courage, Malala Yousafzai, Philosophy, Power, Quotes, Strength, Terrorists on August 6, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born. | |
— Malala Yousafzai | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Nah… I’m Still Chuckling |
Squeaking By With “C’s” | |
2019 | Consider Me A Phony |
2018 | Last |
Day 10: Double Digits | |
2017 | Could You Repeat The Question? |
2016 | Still Busy? |
2015 | Why, Just This Morning… |
2014 | Just Kindness |
2013 | Now Shaking |
2012 | Absurdity, n. |
2011 | Minor Changes |
Things I’ve Learned From Life – Nana Carter | |
Acting Out | |
Choose Strength
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bob Marley, Choice, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength on June 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. | |
— Bob Marley | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | No Fear |
2019 | Propaganda vs. Art |
2018 | What Did You Bring Up? |
2017 | Waiting For My First Strike |
2016 | Mostly Just Masticating |
2015 | Don’t Mess With Mosa |
How Long Is This Run? | |
2014 | The Importance Of Being Forgetful |
2013 | Anyway |
2012 | Habit Forming |
2011 | And In The Other Hand(ful) |
In Love With Words | |
Boundless Naïveté | |
Who Did You Say Signed Off On This Treason, Pat? | |
Core Strength
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Core, Growing Up, Max Lerner, Philosophy, Quotes, Strength on April 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. | |
— Max Lerner | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Widening The Moat |
2021 | Core Strength |
Thinking Of You | |
2020 | Rising Danger |
210 Day Health / Weight Update (Apr 2020) | |
2019 | Never Let ‘Em See You Sweat |
2018 | Just Two? |
2017 | Living Without Love |
Good News! | |
2016 | At This Moment |
2015 | Still Dreaming |
2014 | Good Wins |
2013 | Before |
2012 | Look To This Day |
2011 | One View Of Man |