"I can't imagine how anyone can say:..." - Quote by Anne Frank
I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!
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“I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.”
“As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.”
“I long to ride a bike, dance, whistle, look at the world, feel young and know that I'm free, and yet I can't let it show. Just imagine what would happen if all eight of us were to feel sorry for ourselves or walk around with the discontent clearly visible on our faces. Where would that get us?”
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“It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the ligitimate goals of his life.”
“Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new.”
“Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.”
More on Weakness
“Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.”
“There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.”
“Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.”