Quotes About Resilience

Whatever happens in my life, whether I stand up or I fall down, whatever the case, I'm going to use it in my art. Why? Because I'm an artist and I have to.

I was on the verge of jumping into one of those holes in life out of which we emerge a bit tattered and bloody, though we remain sure nonetheless that we had to make the jump.

Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.

Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?

Never assume that you're stuck with the way things are. Life changes, and so can you.

My life is not easy, but it's awesome.

I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.

No matter what you have gone through in your youth, it is about who you choose to be in life. You can define your own destiny. You can be stronger than a very difficult past and overcome it.

The longer I live, the less chance I'll ever recover from what life keeps doing to me.

When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way.

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.

I am still suffering from my experience in Rwanda, I never know when I'm going to drive my car off a bridge, or just decide to take my life.

My life has always been a series of challenges and I'm psychologically-prepared but this is the biggest challenge of my life.

Why should I stay at the bottom of a well, when a strong rope is in my hand?

Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness.

I realized, the older I get, the more difficult life becomes. It's not easier, it's more difficult.

You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.

A life that is without problems may literally be more hopeless, than one that always verges on despair.

I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of survival.

I'm not going anywhere. You can print that wherever you want to. I'm here and I'm a Spur for life.

I'm not fighting for justice. I am not fighting for freedom. I am fighting for my life and another day in the world here.

There's always got to be a struggle. What else is there? That's what life is made of. I don't know anything else. If there is, tell me about it.

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be ok.