Quotes About Resilience

Obviously, since 9/11, here in this country there has been a resurgence of fear and people feeling distrustful of other people that are different. And what we chose to do was to focus on people coming together, working across those barriers of race, of culture, of religion, and really finding a heart connection.

I was told I wasn't good enough, but I just chose not to listen.

I chose to go on my own accord, my own thoughts, and thought it would be beneficial for me to go out to Cliffside in Malibu, Calif., and seek out some help and see what could be done.

I chose 'BronxWorks' because I'm from The Bronx, and I got raised in The Bronx, and I just know the struggle and how it is growing up in The Bronx.

With a complicated childhood, you can either focus on the positive or the negative, and I chose to focus on the positive.

You either fall, or you fight - and I chose to fight.

I've chosen to live my life in love and that has made even the most trying times beautiful experiences.

Andrew Reynolds, Chris Cole - all those guys are the people I grew up watching and they're some of the gnarly gnarliest dudes out there.

If you know anything about the Bible, anything about Christianity, being a Christian is all about fighting. We got to fight every day.

No one wants pain. Not even long-time, mature Christians who want to grow. We will always find ways to avoid pain. Pain itself is a bad thing.

As Christians, we must be strong.

Sexy ain't guys like Churchill and Lincoln.

I'm the American Winston Churchill.

Winston Churchill was like Winston Churchill because of his experiences in life.

I'm not Cinderella.

I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.

Cinderella is a little edgy and a little rough around the edges.

We all know Cinderella had a rough start, so I really relate to her in many ways.

There aren't many odysseys in cinema for characters.

I don't think anybody should ever take their life for being bullied. But if it wasn't for my family... and my circle of friends, I could definitely see why someone would see it doesn't get any better than this, but it does. Life is so beautiful.

I like challenges, and Darlington is the biggest challenge on the circuit.

I just want kids to know that, no matter what your circumstance is and no matter where you're from, you can always make a way. There's always a way out of or a way in to do something - that thing that you want to do.

I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.