Quotes About Resilience

Literally and figuratively, this was the fate of many southern slaves in the Revolutionary War. They had scented freedom—some had even managed a taste—but here they were on a desolate plain, starving and diseased, cast out and abandoned between two sets of white men who had once used them to great advantage.

Some people find the golden ring swimming in their cereal in the morning, slip it on their finger and go skipping through life. And others drop it in the sand at the beach & spend the rest of their life digging to get it back.

You have to eat and keep going. Eating is a small, good thing in a time like this.

Don't complain, don't explain.

There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?

I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

Old habits are hard to forget, and old fears are habits.

We all live like cockroaches in the crevices of our imagination.

This battle, this war, between us . . . this 'clash of civilizations,' as your people like to call it. It's a long-term fight. It's not about who's got the biggest gun. It's not about landing one big killer punch. It's about attrition. It's about killing the body slowly, with lots of well-placed jabs. It's about relentlessly chipping away at the soul of your enemy with every opportunity you get.

you can't let something that'll probably never happen ruin your life. You're only helping to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy

all pros have "drive. Ambition. And the cold, rational ability to compartmentalize tragedies...and carry on.

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."—Reba McEntire

when life gives you lemons. Make yourself a screwdriver

How was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?

Thou shalt not whine' should be the eleventh commandment.

To thrive in life you need three bones. A wishbone. A backbone. And a funny bone.

To succeed in life you need three things; a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone.

To succeed in life you need three things: A back bone; A wish bone; A funny bone.

Heartache, to her, coursed through everything--which was as it should be, since people needed it to make them kind.

For the heart is not a candle that, once lit, can be extinguished at will, but a fragile, foolish thing, all too easily wounded, all too slow to heal.

A little gift from her mother who made Linda what she was –a damn survivor.

You worked with what you had, you did what you could, and you made choices based on need.