Quotes About Resilience

The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.

He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair.

After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?

Man not only survives and functions in his environment, he shapes it and he is shaped by it.

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.

Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But bad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower?

Science cannot avert a single thunderbolt.

Data that is loved tends to survive.

Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first.

I'm no quitter, unless it comes to human relationships or math and science.

No offense but I don't relish being someone's science experiment. Been there, done that, and sold the T-shirt for profit. (Sebastian)

Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies.

I have examples of people who find their way back later on in life, in their 30's, 40's, it can happen in your 50's, I'm sure it can. It's not really a science. It's maybe more of an art.

We can understand the science of what makes a heart beat, but we can never stop it from breaking.

One word characterizes the most strenuous of the efforts for the advancement of science that I have made perservereingly during fifty-five years; that word is failure

[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides.

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.

Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, yet she hurries back, And will burst through your foolish contempt, triumphant.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I just try to think about the future and not be sad

Masume works hard and he's very thoughtful. He likes hardships, so he's very useful.

But eggshells were made to be broken, and slamming into a 100-story skyscraper at the speed of light would likely do the deed.

Life is hard, the earth stubborn, science rich in knowledge but poor in practical results.