Quotes About Resilience

Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.

If you keep working you'll last longer. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.

One of these days they'll be making a film where the whole human race gets wiped out in a nuclear war, but everything works out in the end.

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists.

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

It's been perfect. I can still ride a subway and work with great people. I can't imagine being Julia Roberts. I don't have the fortitude to withstand that kind of attention.

Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.

I'm in a position to work on good things. I've worked on shitty projects, in the past. But, it is what it is. I'm just taking it as it comes.

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

But being honest in my work and life has kind of set me free. I'm so much more than my pain. Oh my god, I sound like my therapist! Call her, she can vouch that I'm doing great.

I come from the school of being (stereotyped) since I was five years old. And I know that I should not be putting my personal issues on the table or letting them effect my work.

You come out hurting all over, and what didn't hurt, didn't work.

The wino and I know the pain of back bustin'.

Work motivates me. I love what I do and I'm a positive person, I've always liked what I've done as a job - however grim it was.

My parents instilled in me that life was going to be very difficult and that I'd have to work for everything.

I try to bear pain and not panic. I try to remember that it's got an expiration date, even if I don't know when that expiration date is. And I try to use it as fuel for my work.

Things had a way of working out for the best when you let them run their course.

People say as a woman actor your career is over at 40. But then they told me I would never work again after I was 16.

If your dream dies, dream another one. If things don't work out the way you've planned, God has a better plan for you.

Just because something didn't work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.