If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The speaker values courage and resilience over the pursuit of happiness, suggesting that life presents challenges that require strength and humor.
This quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh emphasizes the idea that happiness is not always attainable or realistic in the face of life's difficulties. Instead of seeking happiness, the speaker requests courage and strength, indicating an acknowledgment of the struggles ahead and the importance of resilience and a positive outlook to navigate those challenges.
Themes
HappinessCourageStrengthHumorResilience
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about overcoming challenges, this quote can highlight the importance of inner strength.
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All quotes →When each partner loves so completely that he has forgotten to ask himself whether or not he is loved in return; when he only knows that he loves and is moving to its music--then, and then only are two people able to dance perfectly in tune to the same rhythm.
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It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for that long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.
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Travelers are always discoverers, especially those who travel by air. There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.
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I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up with an aching void in them--like you and I and Harold and Martha. That can never be filled, and one goes around all one's life trying, trying to make up for what one didn't get that was one's birthright, asking the wrong people for it.
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How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.
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