Quotes About Resilience

Life, John Lennon famously said, is what happens to you while you're making other plans. Now that I think of it, Lennon, that wizard of words and music, probably wasn't the first. There's an old Yiddish proverb, "Man plans and God laughs." Probably every culture has a virtually identical aphorism.

When the people decide to live, Destiny will obey, Darkness will disappear And chains will be broken.

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light That shines on me Shine on till tomorrow, Let It Be...

The spirit of those men of steel, / their gray-eyed wives and daughters

It takes more than one kick in the pants to reverse a lifetime of unplanned apathy.

Buy it for anyone you know who cries in the shower, who drinks in the morning, whose life only has meaning when they're asleep and dreaming that they're somebody else. They will find comfort here. And if they don't, it's not your fault. They've always been this way. Some people are just all banged up. Good for you for trying to help. You're a great person. Give yourself a hand.

pain is fact; suffering is optional

L" energy does not seem to diminish over time. While all of the other known forms of energy seem to follow most of the Newtonian laws of physics, including burning things up and burning itself out over time, "L" energy seems to be a creative, connecting energy. Instead of burning things out, it seems to hold them together. It seems to be one of the strongest integrating, connecting forces in the universe.

People who are too sensitive go crazy, remember that

Personnel in the tactical arena should be thick skinned and ready for direct and frank feedback.

Do not dwell on dying. Focus on your training and what you are going to do to ensure your survival.

Those who make us believe that anything's possible and fire our imagination over the long haul, are often the ones who have survived the bleakest of circumstances. The men and women who have every reason to despair, but don't, may have the most to teach us, not only about how to hold true to our beliefs, but about how such a life can bring about seemingly impossible social change.

Even in a seemingly futile moment or losing cause, one person may unknowingly inspire another, and that person yet a third, who could go on to change the world, or at least a small corner of it. Mandela called this process "the multiplication of courage.

Sometimes we achieve the impossible sooner than we expect. Knowing that can stiffen our resolve. But it can also tempt us to place too much emphasis on outcomes; it can cause us to become unduly impatient, brittle, setback easily breaking our will. A deeper, more farseeing hope, by contrast, combines realism with resilience, acknowledging terror and suffering without giving in to them.

Just think of AIDS as . . . the guest that won't leave. The one we all hate. But you have to remember. Hey--it's still our party.

Human beings were designed to live sanely, and sanity always returns.

Quiet, ordinary people are often the only people with the real ability to defeat evil. They can give it the Rwandan no.

the one thing to which the human spirit could always accommodate itself was chaos and misfortune.

She showed courage and that's the most difficult thing in the world for any human being to show

Her attitude to the girls became that of an aunt who knew her nieces had heard her discussed unfavorably but could not help showing her interest in them and some of her affection.Indeed she seemedm to acquire something of the thick skin such a woman had to cultivate if her feelings were not to be constantly hurt by inattention to her questions, opinions, and fund of boring anecdotes.

And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.

And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

To be patient in an emergency is a terrible trial.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.