Quotes About Resilience

If he is knocked out of the competition, he encourages his brothers with his words and presence.

I lost both my parents young - but I have felt their presence throughout my life.

There is really only one way to deal with Misery. Accept her presence. Like most experiences in life, we must acknowledge the passage gracefully and let her move through our lives because she brings with her a hidden gift.

There will always be a certain segment of the population who turns on an NBA game or turns on a college game and hears my voice and objects to my presence. I've conceded that. I can't please everybody. I don't even try.'

Just trying to keep going. Just try to stay in the present the best I can. Not get too big-headed or too down on myself.

We must see our present fight right through to the very end.

Crying over what's gone won't find the present.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

My family had to flee Iran... the revolution, and we were very, very lucky to come to America and have opportunities presented to us. And that's... one of the things that makes America great.

When I was younger, I remember there was a really famous book, and it was called 'The People Could Fly.' And so this idea of, kind of like, black characters kind of jumping into space and kind of the challenge that they presented to gravity I thought was really interesting.

My grandmother adopted me for a while, and I was bouncing around a bit. I was always helped by the PTA and church groups with food and Christmas presents. It's a hard cycle to break, because when you don't have the resources, it's almost impossible.

If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

As long as black people preserve their culture in Harlem, Harlem will always be alive.

Bottom line is that there's bad people everywhere. And every now and again, we are going to have to step to them to make sure that we preserve our way of life.

I must never change my way - because of critics who may not like it - I preserve my language and my style.

I've experienced it with Chelsea Women: it can be very hard at the top for long periods of time, fighting just to stay in the same position and to preserve an unbeaten run that will always come to an end.

I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.

I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of that I'm sure. But whether our lives will be as rich as they are now is another question.

During the years of my presidency, I lived a tough and difficult life.

I am president and do not have the right to give in to emotions. I have bad moods, very bad moods, but I never feel despair.

There were so many things I couldn't do when my brother-in-law was president.

Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.

I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership.