Quotes: Bruce Lee

"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."

–– Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor 

via: Sketchbook O 15, 2024, p. 12.

Quotes: Hasidic saying

"Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength." 

–– Hasidic saying 

Source: Austin Kleon Instagram stories, Monday September 23, 2024.

via: Sketchbook N 14, 2004, p. 24. 

Quotes: Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."

–– Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997), Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic nun 

via: Day In & Day Out Notes, 2024, p. 53. 

Quotes: Nnedi Okorafor

"Its ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think. ... The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe."

–– Nnedi Okorafor (b. 1974), Nigerian-American writer, professor

Quotes: Seneca

"Difficulties strengthen the mind as labour does the body."

–– Seneca (4 BC - AD 65), Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman 

via: Sketchbook 26, 2022, p. 133.

Quotes: unknown

"We don't know how strong we are until being strong is the only option." –– unknown 

Source: Gail Bowen. Kaleidoscope. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2012; p. 289. 

via: Sketchbook A, 2018, p. 68.