Quotes About Resilience

I was brought up in a council flat in Islington with only an outside lavatory. And there were plenty of kids I knew who later ended up in prison.

I've got a lot to say about my life, about what I went through in prison and about what my family went through.

From age 16 to 26, I literally became a man in prison so it was influential in shaping me.

I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's.

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then.

I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.

I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.

My first concept was for a game in which you were a prisoner of war and simply had to escape. If you were caught, you'd be brought back to the prison. The idea was for a non-combat game.

My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.

'Prisoner' is not a direct 'I've just been divorced' album, although that fire is burning very well on the record.

I feel very blessed to have four brothers. My brothers always say, 'Oh, you know, we prepared you for the world of journalism. We prepared you for Arnold. We prepared you for everything.' And in a way they're right. Because you know, they take no prisoners. They were very tough.

People think the restaurant industry is hard and takes no prisoners, but so does baking, so does retail and so does bus driving. You can't blame your job.

People just don't know what civilian prisoners of war are.

Prisoners around the world have said that reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' helped them get through their ordeal. That's something to aspire to.

As much as we're out here performing, I think it's necessary that we have our times of privacy as well when things aren't going our way.

I surrendered all my privacy to write this book. It was so hard and so painful. I went through so much crazy stuff. But I wanted people to realize that North Koreans are just like them.

Private life is always, at certain times, a challenge.

I can't let the baggage of my private life get into work. Artists are more fragile than normal people. But I know that I am a role model for zillions of people, so no matter how deep you are hurting, you need to come out strong.

My father died when I was young, and my mother, Ruth, went to work in an office selling theater and movie parties. She put me through private school, Horace Mann, in Riverdale. She sent me to camp so that I would learn to compete. She was a lioness, and I was her cub.

I think if I had gone to a private school and been coddled a little bit, I wouldn't be as tough as I am now.

Growing up in Middlesbrough I was taught to be resilient and competitive. My teachers made us believe that just because kids were at private school up the road, it didn't mean they were better than us.

My experiences in the military, the private sector, and as a congressional staffer were at times almost enough to drive me crazy. Writing offered the all-too-often-cited creative outlet.

I don't really care anymore: I'm fiercely proud of the fact I've been able to make a career despite the fact I wasn't born into privately educated schools.

It's a privilege to be a football manager, even when you've been beaten or you're bottom of the table.