Quotes About Resilience

That's one thing about abuse or trauma—small things will trigger you, but in an actual crisis you often stay quite calm.

For me, success was finding the courage to be true to myself, and holding on to a sense of humor along the way while refining my craft. Sean

Life takes each of us to the anvil, shapes us with fire and hammer, and some of us break while some of us become stronger, more able to face the day. Even happy.

While the women in Alaska certainly knew they were physically weaker than most men, it never meant they weren't cleaver enough to find a way to get the job done

The world can be a hard place sometimes... You have to have heart. You have to be strong. Parents want their children to grow up to be strong. Not just any strong, mind you, but loving strong.

Last year, even my best friend, Keisha, stopped speaking to me when my family became homeless.

The hardest word for me to say is please. Being poor, you've sometimes got to ask for stuff - food, toothpaste, even soap. I don't want to ask anybody for anything.

I understood your hope came not from some belief in the triumph of good or the kindness of politicians and bureaucrats. Your hope came from within; something inside you harbored and nourished a spark that had not been squelched and would always burn inside you and those you were able to touch. I came to believe that light inside came from the pride of knowing you were part of a long line in history that could survive.

We remain because this our home. We both have lost land here. Should we leave it all to them? I will not.

Gilda was no longer fleeing for her life.

When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage

It is better to laugh about your problems than to cry about them.

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

He who puts up with insult invites injury.

God is closest to those with broken hearts.

I'm heavy stone, me. You try and pick me up, I'll break your spine.

The three foundations of learning: Seeing much; studying much; and suffering much.

The world is cruel. It does not have to be ugly.

They were things for which it was impossible to prepare but which one spent a lifetime looking back at, trying to accept, interpret, comprehend. Things that should never have happened, that seemed out of place and wrong, these were what prevailed, what endured, in the end.

Where ever i go, the Cultural Revolution followed me

Her actions remind me that, even under unbearable circumstances, one can still believe in justice. And above all, love.

Anger rose in me. Didn't they know how hard I'd been working to overcome my family background? Now all my efforts were wasted.

No matter what I did and where I went, the Cultural Revolution followed me.