Quotes About Resilience

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.

When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass. Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances that find you in this good time so it will last longer. When life falls apart always remember that this too will pass. Life will have its unexpected turns.

The secret of life is ... everything is out of control.

FORGIVENESS MIGHT WORK in a monastery, I hear you say, but if we give that sort of forgiveness in real life, we'll be taken advantage of. People will walk all over us — they'll just think we're weak. I agree. Such forgiveness rarely works on its own. As the saying goes, "He who turns the other cheek, must visit the dentist twice, rather than once!

when life shovels shit on you, shrug it off, tread it in, and you will always stand higher in life.

Whenever the current is stronger than you are, that is the time to go with the flow. When you are able to be effective, that is the time to put forth effort.

The secret of life is… everything is out of control." – Ajahn Brahm

But Buddha commanded Patacara to recover her presence of mind. Her madness left her, and she worshipped at Buddha's feet. "Death of people we love is inevitable," said the Buddha. "It is a waste of life to brood or become bitter. No one can shelter us from the fate that awaits us. It is therefore incumbent that we set off on the path to nibbana.

When we practice only when we're feeling good, how are we going to get anywhere like that?

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

We must acknowledge that we are the dreams of our ancestors and that our fight will require a long view and the ability to bounce back from one painful setback after another.

The power of Black philanthropy must be multiplied for us to secure the fuel to keep fighting.

I admit that I keep in my mind a romantic notion of an essential Blackness—and I use it as armor.

my recovered glow informs the way I move through the world as a Black woman.

Kenzo felt one of his sudden mood-swings coming on. He had first experienced this disturbing phenomenon while stranded in the depths of the mountains of the Philippines, resigned to imminent death. It had been diagnosed as a post-traumatic nervous disorder, and in certain situations it would flare up suddenly, without warning.

Your path to this point, the trials you have suffered... taking each of those things that knocked you down and made you grind your teeth and then standing up again is what makes a true hero.

So when my mother expressed her concern to me, I laughed it away, saying, "People who talk about dying don't die.

During the war there was a popular song called "Father, You Were Strong" ("Chichi yo, anata wa tsuyokatta"), but I want to say "Mother, You Were Strong.

But there's people I care about! And this time around, I'm not gonna just stand by and let them all get hurt!

Nightmares never last. One day you wake up and they're gone

On the path of the budo one does not strive for victory over an opponent. One strive to avoid defeat by one's own self.

Across time, against darkness, destiny finds a way.

Cilv?ks ir rad?ts, lai nestu savu krustu, t?p?c vi?am doti stipri pleci. Var iztur?t bezgala daudz, ja nav zaud?jis cilv?ku sev?.