Quotes About Resilience

Don't let yourself be weighed down by what other people think, because in a few years, in a few decades, or in a few centuries, that way of thinking will be changed. Live now what others will only live in the future.

And I'm going to hold on to what little I have, because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world.

Uno no elige su vida: es la vida la que lo elige. Y si lo que te ha reservado son alegrías o tristezas, es algo que está más allá de tu comprensión. Acéptalo y sigue adelante. No elegimos nuestra vida, pero decidimos qué hacer con las alegrías y las tristezas que recibimos.

Everything truly had to be faced without fear, as a mere fact of life - we don't choose the things that happen to us, but we can choose how we react to them.

my heart is afraid that it will have to suffer

And so, when we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little. The spring returns, and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy.

Dobrodosao na mjesto gdje uvijek kazemo da je nebo plavo, cak i kad je sivo jer poznajemo boju iza oblaka.

It's just a storm in a tea cup,' someone says The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone.

When he thought to complain about the burden of it's weight, he remembered that, because he had the jacket, he had withstood the cold of the dawn

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding life you need to live

You drown not for falling into a river, but by staying submerge in it.

we two have to live with our mistakes

where there's life , there's hope .

You're crying? I'm a woman of the desert, she said, averting her face. But above all, I'm a woman.

So it was in life. In order for the more substantial pieces of wood to catch fire, the kindling must burn first. In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself. In order for us to understand the powers we carry within us and the secrets that have already been revealed, it was first necessary to allow the surface expectations, fears, appearances – to be burned away.

The moment we place ourselves on the same level as some vile adversary, we will fighting in the dark, and the only winner will be the Lord of Darkness.

You are better, do not worry - she said. - In fact, when we light up our inner light, the first things we see are the cobwebs and dust, our weak points. They were there all the time, only you saw nothing in the darkness. Now it will be easier to cleanse your soul.

Dis-lui que la crainte de la souffrance est pire que la souffrance elle-même. Et qu'aucun cÅ"ur n'a jamais souffert alors qu'il était à la poursuite de ses rêves, parce que chaque instant de quête est un instant de rencontre avec Dieu et avec l'Éternité.

Je ne veux plus avoir affaire à mes propres ténèbres, me suis-je promis à moi même, fermant définitivement la porte au nez de l'Autre. Une chute de troisième étage fait tout autant de dégâts qu'une chute du centième étage.

No one can avoid defeat. That is why it is better to lose a few battles in the fight for your dreams than to be defeated without even knowing why you are fighting.

Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows.

She had never allowed herself to be provoked; she had learned early that whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant.

Choose what information you listen to. Place a filter over your eyes and ears and only allow in things that won't bring you down, because we have our day-to-day life to do that. Do you think I don't get judged and criticized at work? Well, I do—a lot! But I've decided to hear only the things that encourage me to improve, the things that help me correct my mistakes. Otherwise, I will just pretend I can't hear the other stuff or block it out.

when the past dredges up a memory capable of opening old wounds, suddenly other wounds appear and make the soul bleed more deeply, until you have to kneel down and cry.