Strength of a character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break. It’s also about how much you can handle after you've been broken. —Robert Tew
“Strength of a character isn't always about how much you can handle before you break. It’s also about how much you can handle after you've been broken.”

Robert Tew AUTHOR

Character
Pass It On®
Pass It On®

  email   print

Your Comments
Luella MARCH 6, 2020
i really like this on so true
Calvin from Iraq MAY 18, 2017
Awesome quote! I had a very tough day professionally, this quote speaks to perseverance and weathering the "storm". You will always get better from it!
nion from Silicon valley JUNE 25, 2016
My profile has this quote! it embodies the virtue of struggle. Always trust your struggle. It may break you but you can overcome.
Anonymous SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
What can you handle?
Alice from Home SEPTEMBER 6, 2015
found this to be true

Here are some other inspiring quotes you might like.
No act of kindness is too small. The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many. #<Author:0x000055e354c6daa8>
KINDNESS
I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that; then I realized that I am somebody. #<Author:0x000055e354c8dba0>
STEWARDSHIP
May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your Deepest Desires. Through all that you Reach For, May your arms Never Tire. #<Author:0x000055e354cb77e8>
HOPE
The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. #<Author:0x000055e354cd3ee8>
JOY
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. #<Author:0x000055e354cfb830>
MINDFULNESS
Let your joy be in your journey—not in some distant goal. #<Author:0x000055e354d16478>
JOY
Grit is not just a simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest and do it again and again. #<Author:0x000055e354d33fa0>
GRIT
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. #<Author:0x000055e354d4da90>
PRACTICE
Kindness is... anything that lifts another person. #<Author:0x000055e354d67b48>
KINDNESS
Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being. #<Author:0x000055e354d7de48>
LAUGHTER
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. #<Author:0x000055e354d9a0e8>
TEACHING BY EXAMPLE
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. #<Author:0x000055e354db5ff0>
OVERCOMING
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. #<Author:0x000055e354dcd830>
RESILIENCE
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. #<Author:0x000055e354dec9b0>
LAUGHTER
Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader, than the first book that finds its way to her heart. #<Author:0x000055e354e0c378>
LITERACY
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. #<Author:0x000055e354e28618>
PULL TOGETHER
All Pass It On® Quotes