Quotes About Resilience

Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.

Stupidity is like bumping into a wall all the time. After a while you get tired of it and try to look the situation over and see if there's a doorway somewhere. I think most people eventually do look for the doorway and stop bumping into the wall

Nothing is too heavy to be knocked on its ass, and everything is cool, baby. --Hassan i Sabbah X

You can easily kill yourself with negative mind-sets, by developing ulcers, heart problems, high blood pressure, etc., or by drunken driving, or simply by getting so depressed you jump in front of a train. Conversely, you can survive "objective realities" that would mentally or physically destroy others, if you are maintaining a positive mind-set.

Pessimism is for lightweights There is no straight white line It's the bumps and curves and obstacles That make this road yours and mine Pessimism is for lightweights This road is never easy or straight And living is all about living alive and lively And love will conquer hate

I've got a tombstone disposition and a graveyard mind I'm a bad motherfucker and I don't mind dyin

We are passing through Chaos but we will not end in Chaos. We still have a starry destiny ahead of us

In times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head. Marie Antoinette

When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.

It was a bright day, but cold, and the whores had emerged, working the Combat Zone, looking cold and bizarre in their miniskirts, boots, and blond wigs. Being seductive at twenty degrees was heavy going, I thought. Being horny at twenty degrees wasn't all that easy either.

Tough is what you do, more than it is how you feel about it before or after," I said. "You're tough enough.

Who is he?" "Jiminy Cricket," I said. "He hangs around to make

Quirk was still staring out the window. "I'm trying to keep hold of this thing," he said. "The guy isn't going to stop and

Being tough means looking straight at something ugly, and saying, That's ugly; I'll have to find a way to deal with it. And doing so.

Perhaps the one absolute essential to growing up well is being tough enough," Susan said. "Like us," I said.

Hawk looked at Tony without speaking. He had three gunshot wounds and still could barely stand, but

You know that you can't predict and you can't expect that you should have predicted. You do the best you can, as decently as you can, and you accept the consequences.

He winced at the realization, then took a deep breath. This was no time to be self-conscious or self-critical. One had to be prctical. Very practical, very careful, very calm.

he gets turned down oftener than the lamp in the parlor of a sailor's girlfriend.

Podrán romperme los huesos con palos y piedras, pero las palabras jamás podrán herirme.

My name is Hugo. No, just Hugo. That's all they ever called me at the Home. I lived at the Home ever since I can remember, and the Sisters were very kind to me. The other children, they would not play with me because of my back and my squint but the Sister's were kind. They didn't call me "Crazy Hugo'' and make fun of me because I couldn't recite. They didn't get me in the corner and hit me and make me cry.

One thing was certain, she was through depending on others--others who didn't care, who just wanted to keep out of trouble.

Somehow, despite it's tragedies, life goes on.

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.