Quotes About Resilience

Both my mom and my grandma were really big influences on me not only by being strong and teaching me to be strong but also owning their salt as well.

My mom knows what it's like to keep a dirt floor clean.

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and she'll always find the positive in things.

Oh, try not to sound so much like Mom—you don't have the ovaries" (Monica Morrell - Last Breath)

I could do without 'cool' publications calling me 'mom jazz.' But I laughed all the way to the bank, baby.

Later on, towards the end of their lives, I thanked her. I said, "Mom, you were really tough." She said, "I wasn't tough! I always believed in you."

But if you kept thinking about a fight you'd lost, Mom said, you were programming yourself to lose again.

When you talk about heroines and heroes, at the top of the list has got to be the single moms of America.

Except when it comes to Mom. She is, and always has been, the driving force in this family. And sometimes that means driving us head-on, no possible change of course, into a wall.

Not worrying is a skill. It's a skill not breaking down every single moment.

Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it's a blessing.

Janie calls Cabel. "Hi, uh, Mom," she says. Cabel snorts. "Hello, dear. Did you make it through the blizzard?" "Yeah. Barely." Janie grins into the phone.

MOMB - noun - One who can deal with all of the INSANITY of being a MOM... Because she's the BOMB!

He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other.

Even AWESOME MOMS use the F-BOMB!

Motherhood is a constant battle of going to bed early so you can catch up on sleep and staying awake so you can enjoy some peace and sanity!

My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

I don't even have money for a cheeseburger!

When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!