Quotes About Resilience

There is no life raft' you're just freaking swimming all the time.

What could a doormat rear but a pair of boots?

La independencia nutre a la fuerza.

She was fighting armies of demons which swirled through her mind and there was no way i could cross over into her nightmares and fight alongside her and bring her back.

Thing is, I was having no luck. I couldn't even get molested in this town.

You just have to do the best you can in the situation you are in.'27

El tiempo pasaba sin que ella se diera cuenta de nada. Su dolor engullia el tiempo y era más fuerte que él. El dolor era más fuerte que todo. Todas las cosas estaban hechas de dolor. Ella estaba sufriendo, y en su vida sólo consistía en este sufrimiento. Cada respiración era dolor. «La nada era tranquila y buena» - pensó lentamente-

Never stand around saying 'Poor thing' and being pitiful when things are being killed. It makes them tough and harder to kill. Remember that!

When I got outside, I came to a standstill and said loudly in the open street, as I clenched my hands: "I will tell you one thing, my good Lord God, you are a bungler!" and I nod furiously, with set teeth, up to the clouds; "I will be hanged if you are not a bungler.

There was a merciless gnawing in my chest, a queer silent labor was going on in there. I pictured a score of nice teeny-weeny animals that cocked their heads to one side and gnawed a bit, then cocked their heads to the other side and gnawed a bit, lay perfectly still for a moment, then began anew and bored their way in without a sound and without haste, leaving empty stretches behind them wherever they went.

Til andre Tider kan selv usædvanlige Oplevelser ikke formaa at rykke en ut av en jævn og fattig Stemning; midt i en Ballsal kan man sitte sikker, likegyldig og upaavirket. For det er ens eget Indre som er Sorgens eller Glædens Kilde.

Daniel var en mand som forstod adskillig, han hadde været ute for et og andet i livet, hadde mistet både sin farsgård og sin kjæreste, han visste hvad omsorg og rømmekoller og godt mot betydde.

Small things and great occur; a tooth falls from the mouth, a man out of the ranks, a sparrow to the ground.

I am like the salmon- i have to swim against the current- i have to.

Edevart var alene mand om alt om bord og på land... han skulde nok ha hat nogen til å koke mat for sig; men også det fik gå som det kunde, han levet på tørmat og kaffe og klaget ikke over kostholdet.

Gözlerimi aç?nca, eski al??kanl?k, bugün için bir ümit var m? diye düÅŸünmeye baÅŸlad?m.

I am like the salmon- i have to go against the stream- i have to.

It is simply my sense of honour that keeps me afloat now. But it is strong enough too; at least, it has kept me up to date.

Hr. Oftedal holder en stilling som mangen minister kunne misunne ham. På ti år har han drevet det til å bli en av Norges nevneverdigheter, – og det i ti bevegede år, hvori større skikkelser enn hans er falt uten å huskes mer, og større evner og krefter enn hans har kjempet uten å vinne.

Jeg knæler og rækker Hænderne frem endskønt jeg hører dit Nej. Tag disse Blomster med Tak for dem du pynted med paa min Vej. (Med røde roser)»

Ja vi er landstrykere på jorden. Vi vandrer veier og ulende, stundom kravler vi, stundom går vi opprett og trår hverandre ned. Som nu Daniel så trådte han ned og ble selv nedtrådt.

Human beings push against each other and trample on each other; some sink exhausted to the ground and serve as a bridge for others, some perish—they are the ones least fitted for coping with the push, and they perish. That can't be helped. But the others flourish and blossom. Such is life's immortality. All this, mind you, they knew at the pump.

Oliver was made of sterner stuff, less delicate and sensitive, more carefree, in short, the right human clay; he could endure life. Who had taken a harder knock than he? But a tiny upward turn in his fortunes, a lucky theft, a successful swindle, restored him to contentment.

Ånei, svarte han. Jeg var uten nogen chancer. Fordi du selv ødelegger dine chancer. Ved å ikke bli noget ja - jeg skjønner det er dit det driver! Men jeg er ialfald ikke rådvild som du, jeg grubler ikke, jeg er rolig, jeg er ingenting, jeg er utslettet og navnløs.