Showing posts with label strengths. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strengths. Show all posts

Friday, 19 April 2024

Quotes: Harriet Rubin

"Carl Jung said that people are more frightened of their strengths than they are of their weaknesses. If we knew how good we are, Jung believed, we'd have to act on our potential." 

–– Harriet Rubin (b. 1952), American writer 

Source: Harriet Rubin. Soloing: Realizing Your Life's Ambition. New York: Harper Business, 1999; p. 80.

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2002.

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Quotes: Epictetus

"The trials you face will introduce you to your strengths."  

–– Epictetus (50-135 A.D.), Greek stoic philosopher 

via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 50.