“I may not be as strong as I think. But I know many tricks and I have resolution.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
The Old Man and the Sea (Primary source)
Ernest Hemingway’s novella The Old Man and the Sea is a poignant tale of resilience, dignity, and man’s relationship with nature. Published in 1952, it is one of Hemingway’s most celebrated works and was instrumental in securing him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.
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“I may not be as strong as I think,,” the old man said. “But I know many tricks and I have resolution.”
Ernest Hemingway (verified)
“Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“Every day above earth is a good day.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”
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“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.”
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