Quotes About Resilience

One of the best things I've ever done was take a close look at my mental health and accept that I wasn't doing fine.

I guess that the thing people say to me all the time is, "Were the leeches real?" They then turn to their frat guy friends and snicker, like they're the first person to ever say that to me. I wait for a second, so they think they've really cut me down, and I say, "Yeah. Ask your mom about my scar." Finding new and preferably disgusting ways to degrade a friend's mother is always held in high regard.

I also know that I've been letting depression make me feel like shit for the last month or so, and I know that depression lies, so I'm probably just fixated on all the worst case stuff, and not paying enough attention to the awesome stuff." And the second those words came out of my mouth, it was like someone cast Dispel Depression.* I felt the weight of it lift off me.

It's hard to accept that the genetic lottery gives us strengths, maybe even a superpower or two, but that it also gives us vulnerabilities.

Well, I've got three things working against me before I even walk into the room: 1. I'm the last speaker of the day. The fans are tired and a little burned out. 2. I'm following Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis. They do conventions together all the time, have a set routine that never fails, and the fans adore them. 3. I was Wesley Crusher.

It's painful to recall, but I'm not ashamed, because all those thoughts—which I thankfully don't have anymore, thanks to medical science and therapy—were not my fault any more than the allergies that clog my sinuses when the trees in my neighborhood start doin' it every spring are my fault. It's just part of who I am. It's part of how my brain is wired, and because I know that, I can medically treat it, instead of being a victim of it.

Little Engines Can Do BIG Things

The first novel I wrote was a monster - clocking in at 180 000 words - but it died a death, a death it deserved. It was called 'The Gods First Make Mad.' It was a good title, but it was the only good thing about the book. I didn't let that put me off.

Rage makes a man sick, my son. It spoils his appetite for life and keeps him from sleep at night. We cannot change our world, so we must look for the good things in life and enjoy those to the full.

The branch breaks that will not bend with the wind. You must learn to bend".

We want a good life with a nose for things, the fresh wind and bright sky to endure my suffering. I'm a hole without a key if I break my tongue. Oh, speaking of tomorrow, how will it ever come?

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

Never fear: Thank Home, and Poetry, and the Force behind both.

As bronze may be much beautified by lying in the dark damp soil, so men who fade in dust of warfare fade fairer, and sorrow blooms their soul.

The harder the life, the finer the person

?nsan hastal?klar? ile yaln?zd?r ve hastal?klar? ile yaln?z kal?r.

Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.

Önemli olan tek bir ?ey vard?r: Sak?ngan ve korkak kimselerin yürüdü?ü yoldan ba?ka bir yönü gösterse, seni sürüden ay?rsa bile, yüre?inden gelen sesi dinle. Ya?am, zaman zaman sana dayan?lmaz ac?lar verse de, küsme, kaba davranma ona kar??.

Seni elde etmeyi ne bir Kaiser, ne bir Çar ya da ne bir "tüm proleterlerin babas?" ba?arm?? de?ildir. Onlar seni ancak kölele?tirdiler, ama hiçbiri seni o küçüklü?ünden, bir ?v?r-z?v?r olmaktan kurtaramad?. Seni elde edecek olan tek ?ey, içinde bulunan temizlik, ar?l?k duygusudur, ya?ama kar?? duydu?un özlemdir sana gerçekten egemen olabilecek tek ?ey.

Bir ?eyin ters gitmesi kötü de?ildir, sadece hiçbir ?eyi denememi? olmak kötüdür.

Bilge insan, o an elinde olanla ya?amay? bilendir. Ters durumlardan da ç?karacak bir ?eyler bulunur: "Bundan da bir ?eyler ö?renebilirim." Ya?am boyu çok ?ey ö?renmi?tir ve çok ?ey biliyordur fakat tüm bilginin göreceli oldu?unu da biliyordur.

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Chinese proverb: "That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent." We avoid excessive worry

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.