QuoteProject
Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them.
James M. Barrie
ShareWTF𝕏

Interpretation

What this quote means

True strength comes not from passion but from the ability to control and overcome it.

This quote emphasizes that real strength is not merely a product of raw emotion or impulsive passion; rather, it is developed through the process of facing challenges and learning to manage those emotions effectively. It suggests that true resilience is found in the struggle against our inner impulses and the mastery over our feelings, leading to a more profound and stable form of strength.

Themes

StrengthPassionControlResilienceOvercoming

In practice

Example use cases

In a motivational speech about personal development.

More from James M. Barrie

Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
James M. BarrieRead
His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.
James M. BarrieRead
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
James M. BarrieRead
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. BarrieRead
It was then that Hook bit him. Not the pain of this but its unfairness was what dazed Peter. It made him quite helpless. He could only stare, horrified. Every child is affected thus the first time he is treated unfairly. All he thinks he has a right to when he comes to you to be yours is fairness. After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter.
James M. BarrieRead
But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy; and when they met again Wendy was a married woman, and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.
James M. BarrieRead

Similar quotes

But what is so headstrong as youth? What so blind as inexperience?
Charlotte BronteRead
Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.
Bren BrownRead
If I limit myself to knowledge that I consider true beyond doubt, I minimize the risk of error but I maximize, at the same time, the risk of missing out on what may be the subtlest, most important and most rewarding things in life.
E. F. SchumacherRead
But this wealth of information produced little or no insight.
Stephen KingRead
Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.
Christopher HitchensRead
The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years.
Deepak ChopraRead

A little wisdom, now and then

Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.