Quotes About Resilience

Things are never as bad as they appear, Dai

There was a saying in the Borderlands: "Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather." Once you had that mountain firmly on your shoulders, there was no way to put it down. There was no one else to carry it anyway, and no use whining about

Nynaeve al'Meara was what, back in Seanchan, one would call a telarti—a woman with fire in her soul.

Knowing what he had to do, even getting on with it, did not stop him being afraid.

He could not waste time worrying over problems he could do nothing about.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect. Hold on to your heart

But hope is like a piece of string when you're drowning; it just isn't enough to get you out by itself.

No woman with grit could give up when she had children

For him to be in this condition almost robbed Rand of what courage he had managed to gather. But he had to keep on. That was all that kept him moving. He had to.

Asl?nda insanlar asla deÄŸiÅŸmiyordu, ama dünya rahats?z edici ölçüde düzenli bir biçimde deÄŸiÅŸiyordu. Bu gerçekle yaÅŸamay? öÄŸrenmek zorundayd?n?z ya da en az?ndan o gerçeÄŸin içinde canl? kalmay?. Zaman zaman, ÅŸans?n?z varsa, deÄŸiÅŸimlerin yönünü etkileyebilirdiniz, ama bir tanesini durdursan?z bile bir baÅŸkas?n? harekete geçirmiÅŸ olurdunuz.

He shall spill out the blood of those who call themselves Aiel as water on sand, and he shall break them as dried twigs, yet the remnant of a remnant shall he save, and they shall live.

When you knew you were going to hang, the only thing to do was grin at the noose

I am al'Lan Mandragoran," Lan bellowed. "Lord of the Seven Towers, Defender of the Wall of First Fires, Bearer of the Sword of the Thousand Lakes! I was once named Aan'allein, but I reject that title, for I am alone no more. Fear me, Shadow! Fear me and know. I have returned for what is mine. I may be a king without a land. But I am still a king!

The only thing to do, as it had been from the beginning, was to keep moving. Keep moving, and not think. Thinking was dangerous, he knew.

Lan shook his head slightly. "He was better. But he thought I was finished, with only one arm. He never understood. You surrender after you're dead." Moiraine nodded. Surrender after you are dead. Yes.

Well, Mat thought, guess I can take that. For now.

When people decided you were better at trade than they, they not only grew jealous, they became stubborn and tried to demand ridiculous bargains. And sometimes you had no alternative save to accept.

Goza de lo que tienes. Regocíjate por lo que puedes salvar, y no llores la muerte de tu gente demasiado tiempo.»

different company. He was not sure how Egwene felt, but he would have been willing to go hungry if he could do it without the wolves. Three days, into the afternoon.

remember this. We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect. Hold on to your heart, and the Aes Sedai cannot harm what is really you, your heart. They are not nearly so far above us as we believed. May you always find water and shade, Egwene. And always remember your heart.

A man is an oak, a woman a willow," the saying ran. The oak fought the wind and was broken, while the willow bent when it must and survived.

We can't go back, Mat. The Wheel has turned, for better or worse. And it will keep on turning, as lights die and forests dim, storms call and skies break. Turn it will. The Wheel is not hope, and the Wheel does not care, the Wheel simply is. But so long as it turns, folk may hope, folk may care. For with light that fades, another will eventually grow, and each storm that rages must eventually die. As long as the Wheel turns. As long as it turns. . . .

En kötü olas?l?klar için plan yapmak iyidir, ama onlar?n a??rl??? alt?nda ezilmemen gerek. Sabit fikir haline getirmemelisin. Bir kraliçe, her ÅŸeyden önce, umut sahibi olmal?d?r.

The best plan lasts until the first arrow leaves the bow.