Quotes About Resilience

He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

We built a perfect little cottage out of sand with the help of Farley's tin and the rusting bucket, and some lichen we peeled from rocks for window-box flowers. We left it there all day, and when the tide came up, the waves refused to disturb it, only lapping away at the foundation enough to cement it more firmly to the beach.

My grandmother was a very tough woman. She buried three husbands and two of them were just napping.

Whenever anything went wrong in my life, my mother would say, "All things happen for the best." And I'd ask, "Who's best?" And she'd say, "Gotta go."

Life is tough enough without having someone kick you from the inside.

We all have our la-la-la song. The thing we do when the world isn't singing a nice tune to us. We sing our own nice tune to drown out ugly.

If you knew what I knew, seen what I've seen, you wouldn't be so quick to pull the plow.

We didn't come for the revolution. We came for breakfast.

Rita Williams-Garcia

felt, he couldn't start crying. He didn't want anyone to see him cry and feel sorry for him. Most important,

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Rita Williams-Garcia

And keep one thing in mind-tanks and guns can break my bones, but emails can be deleted.

When I was growing up, no one could get away with telling me I couldn't do something "because you're a girl." In fact, if someone wanted me not to do something, that was the worst thing they could say: It practically guaranteed I'd run out and try to do it.

Enjoy being bold, and if that is scary at first, marvel at your ability to walk through fear.

Good day, be grateful. Bad day, be graceful. Be grateful, be graceful, and on it goes.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. . . . Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us; the other softens us. They go together. —PEMA CHÖDRÖN

Avoid constantly trying to adapt to situations, people, and other circumstances that have no value to your future. The phenomenon of always attempting to please and alter behavior is more likely to be unsuccessful then to enhance your life. Adapt by continuing to learn and improve your knowledge

He who wears the emotional and physical scars of life should do so with honor and integrity.

No one has gone through life without acquiring scars and bruises. Some wounds are hidden inside us and only we can feel. They are badges of our day-to-day struggle to learn and survive. RJ Intindola – 1981

No one has gone through life without acquiring scars and bruises. These wounds are hidden inside us and only we can feel. They are badges of our day-to-day struggle to learn and survive.

No one is coming to save you. You're the only one left for this assignment.

Only love can turn the darkest storm into the brightest day.

Relationships sometimes break like a falling vase into fifty pieces. And when you glue the vase back together, you realize it has lost the luster and pristine appearance that will never return. Now you have two choices. Keep it as it is or throw it away.