Quotes About Resilience

That taught me a lesson I've always found it useful to remember if I have to deal with difficult men. When they are hard, they are probably dealing with things they do not understand. If one brings them back to what is familiar to them, they become soft.

Your heart is stronger than your head.

Little brother do you hear me Have a heart oh come get near me Misery is not my friend But I'll break before I bend

I say, sailor, we are both marooned on this beach.

The tears of our devastation fertilize the soil of our evolution.

Rupture allows the part of a woman that she has outgrown to die and fall away. It updates the parts of us that feel helpless; like we need someone to do it for us. It forces us to take a seat firmly inside of our power. It is required for us to grow.

A miner's terrace afforded little space for secret panels, priests' holes, escape tunnels. Even in persecution, the poor were disadvantaged.

We're turning into a geriatric society. The old are fighting back. They have the great advantage of an irresistible recruitment programme. It's called living.

Like the Fat Man said, it wasn't your collars kept you awake, it was the ones that got away

Mi infancia y mi adolescencia habían transcurrido bajo la dictadura de Batista y el resto de mi vida bajo la aún más férrea dictadura de Fidel Castro; jamás había sido un verdadero ser humano en todo el sentido de la palabra

How often on an expedition have I told myself, That's enough! and then a few weeks later when the effort, worry, and hardship were forgotten, I began dreaming about a new journey, planning a new climb. Pretty soon I'd be off again. And once again, it would be dangerous. I never intended to risk my neck, but I knew that if I were ever to stop dreaming or traveling I would be old. And that would drive me to despair.

Du musst keine schwierigen Wege mehr suchen, sagte ich mir, um an deine Grenzen zu kommen. Auch wenn du keine senkrechten Felswände mehr hochgehen kannst, geh deinen Weg weiter. Die Welt also war nicht mehr dieselbe. Hatte ich aber meine Erfolge nicht auch der Kunst der Anpassung zu verdanken gehabt? Immer im Leben, wenn es kein Weiter zu geben schien, war die Wende gekommen. Oft unverhofft.

The passion I have for what could be viewed as a futile pursuit has made me strong, and it is this that gives me the confidence required to lead a self-determined life.

Jaký je to asi pocit, zachovávat i ve stavu naprostého zoufalství sv?j postoj, udržovat si d?vÄ›ru svých lidí a dodávat jim nadÄ›ji na pokraji smrti?

AÃ…Â¥ je bouÃ…â"¢e, nebo sn?ží, ve white-outu, nebo ve stanu, Wild žalu ostatních nepÃ…â"¢izvukuje. Nikdy.

Te?, po válce, se vÅ¡ak sebeobÄ›tování cení výÅ¡e než umÄ›ní pÃ…â"¢ežít.

Through my failures I have learned how to live - and the more I failed, the more I learned. In my search for the limits, I have failed more than most, and it is this that has made me successful, over and over again.

Perhaps the true purpose of life is simply to express ourselves as best we can. Maybe my ability to keep finding new challenges appropriate to my age is part of the happiness, the thing that keeps me young, creative, and full of life. The setbacks and the opposition I've encountered are all part of my happiness. I have grown as a result and am still able to lead a self-determined life.

HÉ™yat , kiminsÉ™ hesab?na yaÅŸamaq demÉ™kdir. Biz ham?m?z bir-birimizdÉ™n yeyirik. Ancaq insanda , hÉ™rdÉ™n dÉ™ olsa , xeyirxahl?q q???lc?m? olur , gÉ™rÉ™k, ona toxunmayasan , qoyasan qala. YaÅŸamaq çÉ™tinl???ndÉ™ o kömÉ™yÉ™ gÉ™lir.

Remarque Erich Maria

Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more.

Vivre les malheurs à l'avance, c'est les subir deux fois.

Sous cette brume empoisonnée par leurs fatigues d'hier, des millions d'hommes s'éveillent, déjà exténués d'aujourd'hui.

The walls that might make others feel like they are suffocating have become my lungs.