Quotes About Resilience

My father died when I was 14, and my mother juggled two jobs so she could make sure my sister and I were OK.

It's okay', you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay.

If I've got food and water, as long as I can exercise my mind and keep it nimble, then I'll be okay.

I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.

People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally do, but I think that's just a natural thing for artists. It's like, 'Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.'

If they weren't laughing with me, okay; if they want to laugh at me it's better than nothing.

I guess more than anything, I just realized, okay, one day I had a home to live in and my family around me. The next day, I did not.

I know I'm not the 'Indie It Girl' and I'll never have a big breakout, big runaway success. And that's okay.

I don't give two hoots about nasty comments. I can laugh over them when they are about me but it's not okay to attack my family, my children. I can't take it. My claws will come out.

The lesson that people can't give me what they don't have, and if there's anything I took from it, it was: okay, I don't really expect anyone to hand me anything. There's going to be me and the world.

I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.

I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail.

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be okay.

Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.

Not every problem is solvable, okay.

Women need to hear the words, 'It's okay if things don't go exactly the way you want them to.' Give yourself a break!

There have been times where I've said, 'Jesus, I don't believe in you anymore, get out of here. I don't know. I don't even trust you.' And it's like, okay. And he's still hanging on.

I've pretty much accepted the fact that you're going to meet ignorant people, and that's okay. You can't control that. You can't change that.

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

It may take you months or even a few years to build up an adequate emergency savings fund. That's okay.

I look back at myself, this innocent person, and I think, 'Gosh, she's okay.' I handled a lot, and I'm still here.

What really interests me is how a woman who has had a bad experience with a man comes through it and gets a new life. I feel you have to be positive. You have to say, 'Look, okay, he's ditched you, but there's life after.'

Think about finding out when you're 13 that your dad is not your dad. It's like, okay, take it on the chin and keep going. No choice, really.