Quotes About Resilience

I ran track in high school. I was a fragile young man, personally and physically. I tried football. That didn't work out; I broke my collarbone. But I always loved running.

I'm a firm believer that everything in life works out the way it's supposed to. And who knows? I figure I've got a few years left (in the NHL) and maybe I can come back in the end.

If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.

I think the average American recognizes that it took years to create the crisis that erupted in 2008 and peaked in January of 2009. And it's going to take some time to work through it.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

Most people probably become more jaded the longer they work in the world of work.

He had kept his head, kept his health and his strength, bearing up under a weight of work and worry that only a few could have carried.

I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.

If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.

If they watch me play, people will say I'm not into it or whatever. That's okay. I kind of like it. People don't know how much work I'm putting into it. They don't need to know.

I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out.

I want to make guys put the ball in play. If I give up ten hits, then I give up ten hits. But I want to work on making them earn it.

I work with patience, which is almost power.

Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He stuck by me through very hard times, and I hope he'd say the same about me.

I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn't ringing. There wasn't one job offer. And at that point, I thought I knew for sure that I wouldn't work in Hollywood again.

Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work.

I am fighting this. I want to get better, I want to work again. I do believe we are architects of our destinies, but with me somewhere along the line something came loose.

I've learned in my older age how to let it go when things don't work out, because something incredible that I don't know about yet is probably right around the corner.

The hardest part is the grueling work of constantly being wrong.

You must hold hard to life and do it. But life is a cheap thing beside a man's work. The only thing is that you need it. Hold it tight.

I am like a blind pig when I work.

All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.

For my money, there are no more fascinating, hard-working, vulnerable creatures on earth than writers. Every day, they lay their souls out there for public approval or rejection.