Edgar Guest Quotes

Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?

I can't go on. I'll go on.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.

Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles.

Yield not thy neck To fortunes yoke, but let thy dauntless mind Still ride in triumph over all mischance.

A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.

I am stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been 'This too shall pass.' I now understand it really well.

All through my life, I have been tested. My will has been tested, my courage has been tested, my strength has been tested. Now my patience and endurance are being tested.

Your real courage shows best in the hour of adversity.

As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

Strength is nothing more than enduring life - to be able to survive the heartaches and agonies we go through with our heads held high. Sometimes just walking through adversity to get to the other side is a sign of strength.

In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide.

One can summon courage and fortitude to face tragedy; irritations and frustrations are a cloud of mosquitoes that nip and sting and drive one frantic.

It occurred to me then that it was in times of struggle that I found the best parts of myself - courage, loyalty, an unexpected peace - and I always discovered what I needed to break through and go on.

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.

You have to stay strong when it gets tough.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Courage is tricky, oily. Easy to drop, easy to misplace." "I thought that if you had courage you always had it.". . . "Lilah, nothing is always there. Not courage, not joy, not hate or hope or anything else. We find courage, lose it, sometimes misplace it for years, and sometimes live in its grace for a while.