Quotes About Resilience

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

I'd probably say I'm very strong. If somebody says something horrible, I'm like, 'Okay, whatever.'

The simplest way to say it is that I think we're all dealt these cards in life, but the cards in and of themselves don't read one way or the other. It's up to you to home in and cultivate whatever you've got in your hand.

Whatever things you go through, you stay true to who you are and your core values.

I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.

When the darkness comes, keep an eye on the light - whatever that is for you - no matter how far away it seems.

Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

I have this firm belief that I am who I am for a reason. If I change something, I'm cheating myself of whatever it is I'm supposed to learn from my body. You know, I'm legally blind. I'm 20/750, since I was in fifth grade. I wear glasses and contacts. But I won't even get LASIK.

The older I get the more laid back I am about whatever happens, happens.

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to something like basketball I'm definitely not the best guy on the court, but I love elbowing and pushing people out or boxing them out.

I couldn't ask for better parents. I keep that at the forefront of whatever I do, and every time I feel like I can't take another step, I see their faces, and that drives me.

Guitar music or rock n' roll or whatever you want to call it sort of goes away with trends, but it'll never go away completely. It can't die because it's so fundamentally attractive.

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

There are two types of people in the world: people who are passionate about things, and people who've had their passion punched, beaten, or whatever out of them.

Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.

I've learned the lesson that when you're in the middle of something that seems overwhelming, or you're in a bad situation and it seems like it's the end of the world or whatever, then you learn that it's not.

I'm hardened over many years. You toughen yourself for whatever job. You either take the good with the bad or don't bother.

You gotta keep trying to find your niche and trying to fit into whatever slot that's left for you or to make one of your own.

If I make music and people hate it, you know, whatever. I'll die someday, and one day, they will too.

You know, whatever people say, nothing's going to change it - what I think, what I'm capable of.

You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

Whatever your fight, don't be ladylike.