Quotes About Resilience

By this time the whole School was thoroughly out of hand. Mrs. Morland was having a good cry, as were several ex-parents. An ex-Solicitor-General, an Air Vice-Marshal, two Earls, an Admiral of the Fleet, and an old boy who had been in prison for fraud on an unprecedented scale, were blowing their noses and glaring defiantly at anyone who didn't think they had a cold, and Mr. Birkett felt more than ever Lawk-a-mercy on me, This is none of I.

Hay que retener firmemente las cosas agradables que nos ocurren y construirse con ellas una fortaleza, y alejar en cambio a manotazos y patadas todo lo feo que se empeña en rodearnos y aplastarnos contra el suelo. Si tenía un disgusto, era capaz de plantarle cara y espantarlo como a un fantoche, pensando en los buenos momentos que había vivido y en los que aún le quedaban por gozar.

Has de dejar de quejarte y de echarte la culpa a ti, al destino y a terceros. Has de tomar de una vez los hechos como tales y no como cambios infinitamente lamentables. Porque tan lamentables no son.

Soy elástica, ya lo sabes, y no soy persona que se entregue pasivamente a la tristeza. Necesito tantísimo la alegría y nunca me cierro a ella...

The ground upon which you stand is holy ground:never-never surrender it.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become.

I am tired of crying and feeling so helpless. I want to breathe again-just for a little while. Then I will do whatever I can to help these people. How could I not-once I met them, once I saw for myself.

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

You must find the good and the positive in all of it. You must find the humor. I know it sounds impossible, but the whole situation is impossible, and you are working to fix that. Try to find a way to look on the brightside or at least don't dwell on the lousy.

I may not have a chair to sit on, he often says, but I have my word.

César picks it up and pulls out a chicken by its neck. Welcome to America, he says. He hands it to me. I look into its glassed-over eyes. . . . I've held plenty of chickens before, plucked, chopped, and cooked them too. But here, I want to save the chicken from its fate.

no matter how difficult my life is, I have always found a solution to my problems. When I think about this, I am not afraid. We can do this. I can do it.

Yes, I was lonely, but I knew then and I know now: I did it because I wanted to change my life. That's what we have to do. We step in the shit on purpose so we're forced to buy new shoes. You know what I'm saying?

Sometimes we need help to not drown in a glass of water.

She knew I had to cry until I undrown from the inside.

in our lifetimes we have so much to survive.

did it because I wanted to change my life. That's what we have to do. We step in the shit on purpose so we're forced to buy new shoes.

Leave wreckage by the roadside. Burn all decayed tissue. Tightrope from which we emerge. —DAWN LUNDY MARTIN, GOOD STOCK STRANGE BLOOD

yelling doesn't make a thing any more possible.

Things have a habit of working out, you know. Eventually.

The Shield Bug was happy. It had an enemy. It had a sword. Soon the sword would meet the enemy. Life was simple when you were a Shield Bug.

Been having a fight with your blankets, Septimus?" A familiar voice echoed down the chimney. "Looks like you lost," the voice continued with a chuckle. "Not wise to take on a pair of blankets, lad. One, maybe, but two blankets always gang up on you. Vicious things, blankets.

Septimus longed for a glimpse of Marcia. He wanted to see her face at the window, to know that she was all right... He longed to tell her that there was still hope. "Hold on as long as you can. Don't give up. Please don't give up.

Dingen hebben de gewoonte om vanzelf in orde te komen, zie je. Uiteindelijk - Marcia