Quotes About Resilience

I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, 'Ooh, she's so skinny and she's wearing high heels.' But I just wore what I like, and I didn't care about people's opinions, the same as I don't care now.

I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind.

I'm wearing a garbage bag. I was put on my own worst-dressed list.

I'm going to be wearing the Stryker hat because I'm a walking testimonial to the fact that you can get your knee replaced and still play at a really high level and get your life back.

I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.

I used to run barefoot, wearing a frock. During the rains, I used to run on stones and puddles.

I like to see people who are survivors wearing my shoes. I am fascinated by people who can bounce back.

I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.

Nan Kempner wore one of the first Saint Laurent trouser suits to one of those fancy Madison Avenue restaurants and was denied access. She famously took off her pants and walked in wearing only the jacket. And it was that kind of revolution that was echoed in fashion and in life.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Everything in New York is a fight. It's a fight to get on the subway. It's a fight to go to CVS. It's a fight to get a cab. And eventually, it wears you down.

Even though we don't always realize it, as the day goes on, we have increased difficulty exerting self-control and focusing on our work. As self-control wears out, we feel tired and find tasks to be more difficult, and our mood sours.

A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

When you set these high expectations and goals, and they are demolished so early in the season, that has an effect on the psyche. It wears you down.

Football wears you out, and when things are not going well, it's not enjoyable.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.

The men are walking. They are fifty feet apart, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for they are dead weary, as you can tell even when looking at them from behind. Every line and sag of their bodies speaks their inhuman exhaustion.

I am tired and weary because people are continually forcing me off the road. I was actually honked off once.

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

Dig just a little bit deeper. Work just a little bit harder. And don't get weary! Remember this is personal! Let's finish what we started, and re-elect President Barack Obama!

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