Quotes About Resilience

I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.

For me the moral dilemma this past year has been how to make peace with the unacceptable.

Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out the peace in those around us.

When you are ready to move on or if you come to peace with pain, you'll find a silver lining.

I can cheat fear today - but won't it return tomorrow? Rather, I must embrace this fear... and find peace in its bosom.

Silence fertilizes the deep place where personality grows. A life with a peaceful center can weather all storms.

Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.

The best fighter is never angry.

If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.

Do not try to find a place free from temptations and troubles. Rather, seek a peace that endures even when you are beset by various temptations and tried by much adversity.

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world - but only with compassion can you heal and build it.

Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it.

Be at peace, my friend. One thing I have learnt about Death is that his bark is worse than his bite.

Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war.

You can't find peace by avoiding life.

True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies & played the violin: but one of the twins died, & the other has eaten the fiddle — so all is peace.

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.

Your life may have taken a detour, but God is still on the throne. He has brought you this far, and sooner or later, your peace will be restored.

Don't allow yourself to be upset and disturbed. Hold your peace because without it you have no power.

It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.