Quotes About Resilience

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter when they come, no matter what sort of state we're in.

I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.

Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the side of his face three times savagely.

But that's the part of it I always liked. He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling.

You might as well take your punishment and get it over with

If you aren't normal, it's because you're tougher, saner, cooler than normal.

And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.

Sam Spade: When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.

Plans are all right sometimes, I said. And sometimes just stirring things up is all right--if you're tough enough to survive, and keep your eyes open so you'll see what you want when it comes to the top.

It's a long while since I burst out crying because policemen didn't like me.

I don't think he even knew he had settled back naturally into the same groove he had jumped out of in Tacoma. But that's the part of it I always liked. He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling.

But that's the part of it I always liked. He adjusted himself to beams falling, and then no more of them fell, and he adjusted himself to them not falling.

The people who move forward and overcome their fears do not have some special powers or a magic pill they take; they just have more practice in facing their fears.

when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout counter of our dreams, we must not be afraid to hurl the fruit cocktail can of hope.

No man had ever knocked little Richard down. But of course Ammm was not a man.

Remember this: however bad you think things are today, however awful you consider our leaders to be, however stupid you think your fellow Americans are, this country has seen worse times, including - to name a few - the Civil War, 9/11, the Great Depression, and six seasons of Jersey Shore . We muddled through those times. We will muddle through these.

New houses, which are crap, because they don't build them the way they used to anymore. Old houses, which used to be good, because they were built back when they built them the way they used to, but which today, as a result of being old, are crap. So whichever kind of house you own, it's going to be some variety of crap, which means sooner or later everything in it will break. Dealing with broken things is the essence of home ownership, and it's exhausting.

Those who simply put their head down and power through this unsung province [Saskatchewan] are denying themselves its subtle powers.

Pain comes at me and I take it, chew it for a few minutes, and spit it back out. It's just not my thing anymore.

3. There are bears and there are small dogs. Be strong like bear! If they take out your teeth, sit on the dogs. Bears always forget they can just sit on the dogs. Sit on the dogs.

Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light.

I had the sensation that I might always be running like this, that I would always have to run, and that I would always be able to run.

What is building, and rebuilding and rebuilding again, but an act of faith?

Your life has been lived a hundred times. A thousand times. It's not all that great, really. Don't take it so seriously. Don't handle it so delicately.