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Quotes About Resilience

Let us be like that unafraid bird Lighted upon a twig that swings Feeling it yield but singing on— For knowing that he has wings!
~ Victor Hugo
If you cain't bear no crosses, you cain't wear no crown.
~ African-American saying
The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise.
~ African Proverb
Perseverance is everything.
~ Yoruba Proverb
This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.
~ Winston Churchill, 1941
Every day you either see a scar or courage. Where you dwell will define your struggle.
~ Dodinsky
We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
~ Langston Hughes
A mother is the truest friend we have; when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends, who rejoiced with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
~ Author unknown, c. 1875
Life is tough. If you don't have fun and smile and goof around, life will bog you down real fast...
~ Bubba Watson, 2019
God is closest to those with broken hearts.
~ Jewish Saying
Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist.
~ E. W. Howe
I'm a dandelion in a harsh wind.
~ Terri Guillemets #infj #hsp
I'm a butterfly that's hurt its wings against a hard world to-night.
~ F. E. Baily, Dolf, 1921
My heart is glass, daily shattered...
~ Terri Guillemets #hsp
My generation is not strong. My grandfather fought in World War II. I had a panic attack during the series finale of Breaking Bad.
~ Matt Donaher
If the climate can change, then so can you.
~ @thedeadauthor, tweet, 2015
As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point your way.
~ Author unknown, c.1948
Criminal Minds, All You Can Eat: "Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
~ Mark Twain
In smoldering ashes, do you see dead fire? — or the phoenix's glittering dreams?
~ Terri Guillemets
Control sometimes hurts more than chaos.
~ Terri Guillemets
The tougher you are, the more fragile.
~ Terri Guillemets
The best surgeon is he that has been well hacked himself.
~ Proverb
Best friends make the good times better and the hard times easier.
~ Author Unknown
I need to do some social distancing from the refrigerator.
~ Internet meme, March 2020