Quotes About Resilience

Success can be elusive, sometimes disguising itself as repeated failures. But if you dig deeper you will see the crystals of its formation beginning to show, patience is the key to most successes.

Success is not a one way street. Sooner or later you must cross the path of failure. It takes both to get you on your way.

I am Goyaof the bare field, by the enemy's beak gougedtill the craters of my eyes gapeI am griefI am the tongueof war, the embers of citieson the snows of the year 1941I am hunger

Enjoy the war,' read the graffiti left on Berlin's walls. 'The peace will be terrible.

Five thousand boys and girls under the age of sixteen were estimated to have fought in the defense of Berlin. Five hundred survived.

I knew there was something holding me here. It wasn't paprikash. Or nostalgia for my meager childhood... ...Somewhere in me a nearly voiceless child was asking to know the rest of the story that had been interrupted.

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

I have always liked people who can't adapt themselves to life pragmatically.

Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should we be able to 'fly upwards

there is a certain freedom to being totally f#cked...

Stress never comes directly from your circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about your circumstances.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

At its best, history nurtures within us humility and gratitude. It encourages respect and empathy. It fosters creativity and stimulates the imagination. It inspires resilience. And it does so by illuminating the simple truth that, whether due to some cosmic fluke or divine providence, it's an absolute miracle that any one of us is alive today, walking around on this tiny sphere surrounded by an ocean of space, and that we are, above everything else, all in this together.

Down these mean crates a man must dig." page 41.

Submission comes from a position of weakness, acceptance from a position of strength.

Alexander (grinning): When Darius was scorching the earth, devastating villages and spoiling provisions, it drove me round the bend, but now indeed what have I to fear, when he gives me a battle to contend?

B)ut really, it doesn't matter how big the army is—we just have to deal with the enemies at the very front...We don't have to defeat a whole army all at once. If we fight smart and we don't panic, we'll be good.

But all he could really do was his best, each moment. That was what mattered most—even more than the final outcome. Because the final outcome wasn't up to him alone.

There's a strength in the way she carries herself, but she never seems to relax, never lets down her guard.

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.

I am more than my scars.

If you cannot love the pain, you can at least love the lessons it teaches

If you're going through hell, keep going [as stolen from Winston S. Churchill]

I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was before. Or so I tell myself; and for now that is enough.