Quotes About Resilience

Then, with his eyes directly on me, he said, "You are absolutely forbidden to die by your own hand. It may take three years, it may take five, but whatever happens, we'll come back for you. Until then, so long as you have one soldier, you are to continue to lead him. You may have to live on coconuts. If that's the case, live on coconuts! Under no circumstances are you give up your life voluntarily.

If there should indeed be a full-scale search, we had a plan for escaping from the island, but in the event that we were found before we could carry this into effect, we had resolved to inflict as much damage as we could. If we had to die, it would be easier knowing that we had killed ten or twenty or thirty enemy troops.

At this point Squadron Leader Yamaguchi suddenly smiled. "Anyway," he said, "Lubang is a very good island. There aren't many like it anymore. There's always plenty to eat there, Onoda. At least you don't have to worry about that.

Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was officially declared dead in December, 1959. At the time it was thought that he and his comrade Kinshichi Kozuka had died of wounds sustained five years earlier in a skirmish with Philippine troops. A six-month search organized by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare in early 1959 had uncovered no trace of the two men.

How would he react to a Japan that is so radically different, on the surface at least, from what it was in 1944?

In a world falling to darkness, the light made by the hands of people sings and dances.

The despair of the world makes Kurono shine even brighter.

You shouldn't always take the path of least resistance. It can become a habit.

It's one thing not to fear death, another to sing under its sword.

One's nature is like a mountain

It's what's known as the 'why feed a fish if it's already in your net' mentality, but when a fish runs out of food, it has one of two choices: to escape or die

If you're going to give up so quickly, I don't think you'll last long but you should try telling yourself you won't ever give up. Nobody can say how this will turn out but you should try the hardest you've ever tried in your life so you'll have no regrets

Men naturen har förlänat människan med den lyckliga förmågan att glömma. Annars skulle hon inte stå ut med livet

The world isn´t kind to those who love.

After the rain, good weather. In the wink of an eye, the universe throws off its muddy clothes.

I'm very moved to be here today, ... Our lives are now much better, but Vietnam remains a very poor country. We need to work much harder.

Happiness is a form of courage.

There's always something left to lose.

I feel like a constellation of wounds, held together with string and stubbornness.

I think of his riddle. How do people like us take off our armor? One piece at a time.

Pain makes you strong, Madoc once told me, making me lift a sword again and again. Get used to the weight.

He's flint, you're tinder.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.

I am tired of caring," I say. "Why should I?" "Because they could kill you!" "They better," I say to her. "Because anything less than that isn't going to work.