Jon Krakauer Quotes

Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The dramas we encounter are part and parcel of being human. If we experienced no change or drama in our lives, if nothing unexpected ever happened, we would merely be like automatons, our lives unbearably monotonous and dull. Therefore, please develop a strong self so that you can enact the drama of your life with confidence and poise in the face of whatever vicissitudes you may encounter.

I'm not sure why I've decided to do this. I'm not any stronger than I was, and nothing else has changed. But all the same, this time I'm not going to run away. It's okay to feel weak sometimes. It's okay to be afraid. The important thing is that we face our fears. That's what makes us strong."-Yuki

The size of a person is more important than the size of the problem.

Makes you grow up quick. Hard work makes you strong. I work hard every day; that's where I get my strength. That and knowing who I am.

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

The most important thing you ever did was learn how to survive. Do not let anyone make you feel like you shouldn't have.

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

I realized that I'm a soft person. I think I'm sensitive. I wanted very much to be tough and I think movie stars have a certain kind of resilience and toughness to them, but I'm quite a sensitive young lady in some respects.

I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.

I always thought I should base how good I am on how good I feel I am.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

I need to be able to face things.

I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong.

I'm glad I'm a strong person.

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

I had a lot of encouragement and tolerance from my parents, but I also have many friends who didn't get that from their parents and in a way they have more strength from spending years where nobody believed in them.

The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

I have always been comfortable that no one has been able to assess what I really have.