Quotes About Resilience

Courage was the beginning, being unafraid, moving ahead, through small hardships, not turning back. Courage was simply a form of moving forward.

I know that at your age you can feel powerless, and that powerlessness can make you angry.

This book is a form of struggle, and it keeps my spirit alive to struggle. To struggle is to strengthen my faith, my hope and my belief in humanity.

Any Tenderloin kid was always prepared.

lived through an extraordinary experience, yet I was fortunate enough to learn from it and walk away a better person. I can't change my past, and it does not grant me the right to use it as a crutch, nor am I destined to become a prisoner because of it. For years I have lived by the philosophy: that which does not kill you can only make you stronger. I simply had to learn to pick myself up at an earlier age.

I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life.

I believed that I was alone in my struggle and that my battle was one of survival. By

If it all ends now, I have lived, I have learned, and I have been loved. The greatest lesson is the gift of life, and no matter what, tomorrow is always another day.

I knelt down, trying to put the many pieces of the letter back together again. It was impossible. I dumped the pieces of the letter in the trash, wishing my life would end. I truly believed, at that moment, that death would be better than my prospects for any kind of happiness. I was nothing but an "It.

That day I wished Mother would have mercy and kill me quickly. As

I made sure I let go of the past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life. I knew black hole was out there, waiting to suck me in and forever control my destiny--but only if I let it. I took positive control over my life. I'm so blessed. The challenges of the past made me immensely strong inside.

The only way to keep your head above water is to convince yourself you are going to make it.

I gave up on everything in my life, including escaping my misery through my school-work. Upon

day I vowed to myself that I would never, ever again give that bitch the satisfaction of hearing me beg her to stop beating me.

The body can endure practically anything--pain, fatigue, you name it-- but its the mind that matters.

I was on my own, and every night I prayed to God that I could be strong both in body and soul.

That day I vowed to myself that I would never, ever again give that bitch the satisfaction of hearing me beg her to stop beating me. In

I made a promise to myself that if I came out of my situation alive, I had to make something of myself.

no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on to a brighter world.

Of all Mother's punishments, I hated the gas chamber game the most. Towards

I made sure I let go of my past, accepting the fact that that part of my life was only a small fraction of my life. I knew the black hole was out there, waiting to suck me in and forever control my destiny—but only if I let it. I took positive control over my life.

Laugh at both the state of the world and at ourselves. In doing so, it allows us to acknowledge our flaws while also transcending them.

Qui-gon shook his head. 'No,' he said firmly. 'I'm not testing you, Obi-wan. Life tests you! Every day it brings you new chances for triumph or defeat. And if you pass the test, it doesn't make you a Jedi. It makes you human.

Mind over matter represents the triumph of will over physical hindrance. Our thoughts are our weapon against the world.