Quotes About Resilience

Well, I've been in a few car wrecks.

Some might tell you there's no hope in hand Just because they feel hopeless But you don't have to be a thing like that You be a ship in a bottle set sail

I will go in this way And find my own way out

Im not going to change my ways, just to please you or appease you, inside a crowd five billion proud willing to punch it out, right, wrong, weak strong, ashes to ashes all fall down.

Troubles, they may come and go, but good times, they're the gold.

See you and me have a better time than most can dream of, better than the best, so we can pull on through, whatever tears at us, whatever holds us down, and if nothing can be done, we'll make the best of what's around.

Caught by a wave, my back to the ocean It knocks me off my feet and Just as I find my footing Here you come again

Mercy will we overcome this Oh one by one could we turn it around Maybe carry on just a little bit longer And I try to give you what you need

The space between the tears we cry is the laughter that keeps us coming back for more...

I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.

I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing.

There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

My mom obviously had a problem.

One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

I told myself no matter what she did i would not let the b**** take me down

i will stay alive.

Mother can beat me all she wants, but I haven't let her take away my will to somehow survive.

That day I vowed to myself that I would never, ever again give that bitch the satisfaction of hearing me beg her to stop beating me.

Gripping my arm, Mother held it in the orange-blue flame. My skin seemed to explode from the heat.

I was abused my family was the "brady bunch

I am proud of who you were, David-that hurt person who refused to "die." And I'm more caring, giving, fixing person, the guy with the same sense of humor and that deft, sensitive touch. Good on you, David I love you.