Adams on Nietzsche

Nietzsche famously said, "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger." It sounds clever, but it's a loser philosophy. I don't want my failures to simply make me stronger, which I interpret as making me better able to survive future challenges. (To be fair to Nietzsche, he probably meant the word "stronger" to include anything that makes you more capable. I'd ask him to clarify, but ironically he ran out of things that didn't kill him.)

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Classic Quote, Maraboli

"Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient."
- Steve Maraboli

Classic Quote, Van Gogh

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced" - Vincent Van Gogh

Classic Quote, Churchill

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
Winston Churchill

Classic Quote, Washington

"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him."
~ Booker T. Washington

Classic Quote, Russell

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts."
~ Bertrand Russell

Classic Quote, Lee

"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."

Robert E. Lee

Classic Quote, Hornberger

"If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all."
Jacob Hornberger, 1995

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