Quotes About Resilience

The plum survives its poems.

After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.

After the final no there comes a yes. And on that yes the future world depends. No was the night. Yes is this present sun.

After the final no there come a yes, and on that yes a future world depends.

After the final no there comes a yes.

Tras el ultimo "NO" viene un "sí". Y de ese sí depende el porvenir del mundo.

You like it under the trees in autumn, Because everything is half dead.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.

We are like water, aren't we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too." And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance.

I thought about how love was always the thing that did that - smashed into you, left you raw. The deeper you loved, the deeper it hurt.

He's splitting me open, I thought. He'll break me and then I'll die.

Here is a girl who is pretty in a quiet way. I bet she's had a very sad life.

One may conquer millions in battle, but he who conquers himself, only one, is the greatest of conquerors.

Being impatient or angry at suffering does not remove it. On the contrary, it adds a little more to one's troubles, and aggravates and exacerbates a situation already disagreeable. What is necessary is … the understanding of the question of suffering, how it comes about, and how to get rid of it[.]

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me. . . . You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

I took the game seriously. It was my profession. My teammates also took losing hard. We would all sit in the locker room after losing a big game and talk about how we could have done something differently to change the outcome

When you're up against adversity, when your shots aren't falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you're not getting calls, that's when discipline matters. Instead of flying off the handle or blaming your teammates, the officials, or the opposition, players have to keep calm and act decisively to change the tide. Playing the blame game is a sure sign that a team has not jelled and is taking the wrong path

Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent.

If you can't win, don't join them; learn how to lose.