John Christopher Quotes

It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.

I am an appalling softie. But somehow, somewhere along the line, I've learnt how to hide it.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

I've pretty much grown up to hide my emotions for the most part.

Keeping a smile on your lips even when you're on the verge of tears. Feeling sorry for those who show their feelings.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I talk a lot about strength, faith and love, but I don't ever talk about the fact that I am one of the most sensitive people in my family. That might be the most shocking, because you always see me fighting the good fight, with the strong face on, but I am the most emotional.

There's feelings there, but I think I've just been pretty good at trying to hide my emotions throughout the years. I try to have the same demeanor each and every day.

I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.

Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.

I was strong inside my head.

To be strong is to understand weakness. To be weak is to have fears. To have fears is to have something precious to you. To have something precious to you is to be strong.

I used to think you were weak and just didn't fight back ... but now, honestly, I think you're actually pretty tough. It takes a hell of a lot of strength to not complain and lash out.

I feel like strength comes from within. And like everything that I am and experience make you strong. And I've been through so many things in my life and those things have taught me. I'm one of those girls, every experience, I learned from my experience.

Most of the time I live with my pain. I have pain but I won't show it around. I think that's the nobility of the character. There's something noble in not spewing on people all the time about your problems. I'm the light guy, so I identified.

She's in love, and that makes her strong. She'll need to be." "What makes you strong, Mia?" "Purpose. Love never worked for me.

Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror.

It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?

Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

I use hate as a weapon to defend myself; had I been strong, I would never have needed that kind of weapon.

...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that meekness which the common herd mistake for weakness.

You have a strong active nature. And this in you is a point of strength. If you can mould it rightly this will become a very great strength. On the other hand, this too is your weak point - a hindrance in sadhana.