Quotes About Resilience

Thou hast had thty day, old dame, but thy sun has long been set. Thou art now the very emblem of an old warhorse turned out on the barren heath; thou hast had thy paces in thy time, but now a broken amble is the best of them.

Rebecca! she who could prefer death to dishonor must have a proud and powerful soul!

As he offered to advance, she exclaimed, Remain where thou art, proud Templar, or at thy choice advance!--one foot nearer, and I plunge myself from the precipice; my body shall be crushed out of the very form of humanity upon the stones of that courtyard ere it become the victim of thy brutality!

It has often been remarked of the Scottish character, that the stubbornness with which it is moulded shows most to advantage in adversity, when it seems akin to the native sycamore of their hills, which scorns to be biassed in its mode of growth even by the influence of the prevailing wind, but, shooting its branches with equal boldness in every direction, shows no weather-side to the storm, and may be broken, but can never be bended.

Me, on whom, in case of failure — which Heaven forefend! —

he at no time thought himself out of the Black Douglas's reach, any more than the good Christian supposes himself out of reach of the wiles of the devil; while every new temptation, instead of confirming his hope, seems to announce that the immediate retreat of the Evil One will be followed by some new attack yet more cunningly devised.

It will be just like Duncan Mac-Girdie's mare,' said Evan, 'if your ladyships please, he wanted to use her by degrees to live without meat, and just as he had put her on a straw a day the poor thing died!

No drone shall feed on my honeycomb.

I will not slip my dog before the game's a-foot.—But

sufficient for the day was the evil thereof.

Ye never saw dull weather clear without a shower; and if the world is turned upside down, why, honest men have the better chance to cut bread out of it.

Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.

All my life long I have been more melted by the distress under which a strong, proud, and powerful mind is compelled to give way, than by the more easily excited sorrows of softer dispositions.

Disappointments are like weeds in the garden. You can let them grow and take over your life, or you can rout them out and let the flowers sprout.

Faith is like a muscle, and it needs to be exercised in order to become strong.

If you're afraid of something, then reach deep inside and face it head-on.

Since you can't change the past, you may as well make the best of the present.

Things don't always go the way we want. I've come to realize that some things just aren't meant to be.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

with others, are likely to experience such a year.

Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless." -Warren Buffett

Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy, interest rates, or elections.

For 240 years, it's been a terrible mistake to bet against America.

I've died before. It was boring, so I stood up.