Quotes About Resilience

takes great courage to wear kindness as if one had never been hurt.

There's no problem so big that whining won't make it worse.

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime.

They tried to bury us. They just didn't know we were seeds.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain. Some people go to such lengths to avoid pain that they give up on life. They bury their hearts, or they drug or drink themselves numb until they don't' feel anything anymore. The irony is, in the end their escape becomes more painful than what they're avoiding.

As appreciative as I had already been for their kindness, now I was astounded. In the midst of such heartbreak, this good couple had reached out to me in my pain. For the first time in a long while, I felt hope in humanity.

Fate does not bend for us-we must bend to it.

People talk of life's storms as if they are universal experiences. But they're not. Some people hear thunder while others touch lightning.

Richard Paul Evans

Sometimes the most whole people are those who come from the most broken circumstances.

Too many times we lose today's battles because we're still engaged in fighting yesterday's.

Si tu ne perds pas de vue ce qui te motives, tu surmonteras toutes les épreuves.

On n'est pas courageux si on ne connaît pas la peur.

There have been seasons of my life when rejection rained down. And then there have been typhoons. Kimberly Rossi's Diary

Though adversity is the fertile soil in which the human spirit best grows, we loathe it still. I do not see how it can be otherwise, for no rational being seeks out pain and misfortune. Still, I cannot help but wonder if it is not somehow wrong to enjoy the fruit but curse the tree.

Everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

My father served in Vietnam. When I was young he told me that everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

There is nothing as weak as water, but when it attacks and is persistent, nothing can withstand it. -Lao Tse

Oftentimes, the hottest fires of hell are fueled from within.

Truth is patient. It can afford to be, for eventually it will have its way.

Richard Paul Evans

It's been my experience that those with the toughest shells have the softest hearts

We do not succeed in spite of our obstacles and challenges. We succeed precisely because of them.

Heroes.... More times than not, they are humble beings: small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.