More from Aesop
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
AesopAesop Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
AesopAesop Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AesopAesop Labour is the source of every blessing.
AesopAesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AesopAesop Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
AesopAesop Little friends may prove great friends.
AesopAesop Those who suffer most cry out the least.
AesopAesop Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
AesopAesop Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AesopAesop Labour is the source of every blessing.
AesopAesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AesopAesop Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
AesopAesop Little friends may prove great friends.
AesopAesop Those who suffer most cry out the least.
AesopAesop Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
AesopAesop
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on brave
Women are much more capable, braver, sharper, stronger and courageous than we think.
Aaron BellAaron Bell The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
DemocritusDemocritus Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
Brene BrownBrene Brown Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions.
HomerHomer The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.
Brene BrownBrene Brown The future doesn’t belong to the light-hearted. It belongs to the brave.
Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AesopAesop I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.
Brene BrownBrene Brown