Quotes About Resilience

Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

You're stuck in front of the microphone. You can't use your hands. I like to do things.

Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.

Failure gets a bad rap, but I'd like to change that. Failure is necessary. Let it in. Chew it up, and use it as fuel for your soul.

I didn't pick up a ball for three years. It was very depressing for me because, as a professional, it's very difficult when you can't use the facilities, play cricket; you can't even touch the ball, so what are you going to do then?

The biggest lesson that I've learnt is that things can change so quickly, never get used to one thing because everything can flip on it's head.

I used to live on one candy bar a day - it cost a nickel. I always remember the candy bar was called Payday. That was my payday. And that candy bar tasted so good, at night I would take one bite, and it was so beautiful.

I'm already used to being a target, so I'm building a castle with the stones people throw at me.

I've usually used the phrase 'stay the course' as one of the great rules of investment success.

They always say, 'Time heals.' But it really doesn't. You just get used to it. I live life with the mentality of 'OK, I lost the only thing that has ever been important to me.' So going forward, anything bad that happens can't be nearly as bad as what happened before.

I used to get made fun of in the minor leagues. I'd be 0 for 2, and then in my last at-bat I'd hit a chopper that wouldn't even reach the shortstop, and I'd get a hit out of it. The guys would be all over me, but a hit's a hit. I'll take 3,000 of 'em.

Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.

The metaphor I've used is... somebody's going to push my family off a cliff pretty soon, and I won't be there to catch them. And that breaks my heart. But I have some time to sew some nets to cushion the fall. So, I can curl up in a ball and cry, or I can get to work on the nets.

I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.

I've been in pain for so long now I'm just used to it.

I was not an attractive child. When I didn't use my Girl Scouts uniform as a uniform, I used it as a tent.

My mum used to always say to me, 'What's meant for you won't pass you by,' and it's true. If I didn't get something, it wasn't meant for me.

I was a fat little kid with a speech impediment. I used to get beat up, not just picked on.

Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.

When you grow up on the other side of the tracks, you're used to taking a few bumps.

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.

One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'