Quotes About Resilience

I never let myself get desperate.

When you are desperate, it's usually because of fear.

I learnt not to be desperate in bad times and am learning not to be bullish when times are good.

Whether you're a man or a woman, life can be very, very difficult and confusing and desperate, and it's life-enhancing to know that somehow, there is a way through it.

Desperate times make for desperate songs.

I am a person with no desperation and I live on hope, but the difference is that I do not compromise on hope.

I've taken a lot of crap. That's just the way life is. There are going to be writers who like you and writers who despise you.

Building mental strength is about regulating your emotions, managing your thoughts, and behaving in a positive manner, despite your circumstances.

I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.

I'm happy - despite things that might have happened in my life.

When the people want to retake their destiny in hand, they can do it, despite this ceaseless campaign of denigration and infantilization.

Despite growing up in very poor circumstances, my father had big dreams.

I always wanted to be an NBA player, and despite what anybody said, I was going to get to that point.

Things are gonna happen in life. Either you are gonna help do something about it or you just gonna let it happen and destroy you.

It's hard to see a certain type of press try to destroy your life.

I won't let anything destroy me.

There is a huge agenda behind trying to destroy me and put me down.

There is power in organization. There is power in a community. People have always wanted to destroy communities.

What I would hate to go through is what happened in the mid-90s playing in front of a half-empty theatre, which prompted me to say 'never again' when it came to Waterford. To go through that again in any of the places I call home would destroy me.

I don't know how you completely destroy your dark side.

Wife number four destroyed me absolutely: took me down to the bottom of the barrel because I had three kids with her.

Just the ball completely being destroyed in 60 overs is not something that you experience as a Test side and any side could be prepared for.

Brandy is the great cause of destruction for the aborigines of America.

Missourians know all too well the destruction tornadoes can bring to schools and communities.