CURATED COLLECTION

Staying Calm in Chaos

The storm is real — the question is whether there is something inside you that the storm cannot touch.

50 quotes found

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Patience is a great source of strength. It helps us face difficulties with calm and wisdom.

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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.

—Václav HavelPlaywright, Essayist & President

Late Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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Fear is inevitable. I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.

—Isabel AllendeNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the decision that something else is more important.

—Maaza MengisteNovelist, Essayist & King

Digital Age ERA • East Africa

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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway.

—Harper LeeNovelist

Post-War ERA • North America

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He who stands for something will always fall for something.

—Gyula IllyésPoet & Writer

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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I will not lose, for even in defeat, there's a valuable lesson learned.

—Jay-ZScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Patience is the key to every door; with it, difficulties fade.

—Safi al-Din al-HilliPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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It is not that I'm so brave, it is just that I'm too stubborn to quit.

—SenecaPhilosopher, Statesman & Playwright

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without being wise.

—SocratesPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

—ConfuciusPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Do not consider painful what is good for you.

—EuripidesScholar & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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A woman who has children is not afraid of death.

—Flora NwapaNovelist

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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You can tell a truth that frightens people or a lie that comforts them.

—Naguib MahfouzNovelist & Writer

Post-War ERA • North Africa

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It always seems impossible until it's done.

—Nelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid Activist & President

Contemporary ERA • Southern Africa

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is acting in spite of it.

—Ousmane SembèneNovelist

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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Beware of the enemy within; he is more dangerous than the enemy outside.

—BaybarsSultan

Medieval ERA • North Africa

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I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution.

—Eunice de SouzaPoet

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

—Marie CuriePhysicist & Chemist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The truth is always bitter and hard to accept.

—Grace OgotAuthor & Politician

Post-War ERA • East Africa

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