Quotes About Resilience

We must stand up and say, "I'm black and I'm beautiful," and this self-affirmation is the black man's need, made compelling by the white man's crimes against him.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing.

Men's weaknesses are often necessary to the purposes of life.

A man without courage is a boat in a frozen lake! Get rid of your fears!

A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.

Other men's pains are easily borne.

Hard labor and good intentions are not sufficient to carry a man through to success.

There is nothing so revered yet so reviled as war; for even as it brings out the worst in men, it also brings out the best in them.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sorry Mr. Yipes, sir, she won't budge!' Put your back into it, man, give it all you've got!' Bang! Bang! Bang!

To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

How many times can a man go down and still be alive?

The land too poor for any other crop, is best for raising men.

Nothing fazes me. I'm like some kinda Space man on his way to Mars with a big gun and a whole lot of coffee.

Lord I'm Doing All I Can To Be A Better Man.

For the soundest of evolutionary reasons man appears at his best when times are worst.

When is man strong until he feels alone?

Rebuffed, but always persevering; self-reproached, but ever regaining faith; undaunted, tenacious, the heart of man labors toward immeasurably distant goals.

A boy's will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame.

The man who is too set to change is dead already. The funeral is a mere detail.

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.

For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know.

What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he disturbed and put out of order.