Quotes About Resilience

You have so much to look forward to, if you'd just stop looking back.

But what will I do?" "Sit in here. Contemplate why others might feel moved to throw things at you." As he ducked out of the tent, she yelled, "You leave me tied up like a dog? Then you had better remember that this bitch bites!

Nonetheless, onward. That was the circus's battle cry, the motto Ren lived by.

Girls like me don't make it to the end of the story.

I stopped trying to bandage my mind and said, 'Let it fucking bleed.'" His hold on me tightened. "But it didn't, Victoria. My wounds were seared and closed.

Understand me, Lachlain. I came here for my man, and I'm not leaving without him. If I have to live in there with Garreth, I will.

I'm still a scarred and surly Irishman.

But the damage has been done. He'd grown so detached during his early abuse that he'd felt like two separate beings. And one was dead. Rune had stifled the fire within himself for so long, he'd extinguished it. And yet his head thundered in his ears as he watched his voyeur melt into the crowd.

Never run from one such as me." Her attacker didn't sound human. "You will no' get away. And we like it.

Between kisses, he said, "I told you once and I'll tell you again: there is nothing that can happen to you that we can't get past. Just give me a chance to get to you. Promise me.

If I could change it all for you, if it were in my power to spare you, I would do so. If I could trade places with you, I would. But I can only be here with you, and I will tell you this: you are not broken, and every inch of you is dear to me and whole.

One never really knew just how taxing pain was till one was free of it and could feel the difference.

People allow themselves to be defeated

Forget what I said. None of that matters, you know why? Because it's still a choice. Everyone gets hurt. It's what you do with it that matters.' 'Can you change how you feel?' 'No. But you can change how you act.

Life peels us like an onion and every layer is softer and sweeter.

everyone has different challenges, different needs and strengths. Choices have consequences, but I now think that, even in the pits and traps, the Lord can make a way through.

You don't need luck. Everything you need is right inside you.

Grandma Redbird: Honey, you have to move past this. Zoey: How Grandma? Grandma Redbird: By living the life she'd be proud of you for living.

Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.

But love has to be stronger than hate, or there is no future for us.

Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.

To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you can't let that stop you. If you get hurt, you just pick yourself up, dust off your feelings, and try again.

I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.

I am a mother and mothers don't have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.