Quotes About Resilience

Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures.

Real life doesn't have to suck.

You got shot at and you still got me an air conditioner.

That woman needs protecting like Rambo needs a bodyguard.

Everything outside of here is vulnerable, but this tower, this room, is where we can make a stand if we have to. This is our Alamo. Everybody died at the Alamo. What's the midway, the Little Big Horn? Ethan looked at her, exasperated. She shrugged. I'm just saying that ifyou want to rally the troops, avoid the A word.

Nitko nije savršen. Svi koji su ikada ikoga voljeli morali su prije?i preko ne?ega.

Laugh while you can, Monkey Girl

It's amazing what you find you are made of when you dig deeply enough to figure out.

People who climb mountains are lonely people; loneliness is needed. Acquaintances and friends are great things, but climbers need defined mental space that is untouched and unbothered by anyone.

But she was determined to do it, independent of all the circumstances and obstacles; she was this kind of person. Once she decided something, she was determined to do it and she did it.

Finally he and his partner Gary Ball were driven off the mountain by a storm, while Lydia, feeling strong and confident, continued climbing alone.

Always remember. You will live. You will love. You will dance again.

As painful as some of the past year's changes have been, they will ultimately lead to a better place. The adversity you come across in life may cause pain, but with pain comes growth and the opportunity to rise to the occasion as your strongest, best self.

Once again, the show became life imitating art, imitating life, because we went in with this whole boxing thing—you're down but not out, and no matter what's happening in your life, you keep fighting.

I know what it feels like for your soul to be diminished by the way your loved one is treating you . . . maybe it's a push, a shove, or a nasty word that stays with you. The scars might not be visible, but they run just as deep.

You're hitting rock bottom," she said. "You know, Jennifer, you have to hit bottom before you can make a change, and it's finally happening.

I will not let anyone hurt me, like in the dream. I'll hurt myself first. I know the places that are the most delicate. I'll do the hurting from now on, as long as all of this stops!!!!

I think that the times that I have to go into the woods at night have poisoned me. I

Through God's grace, he gives us a wealth of resources to bear any burden he allows. Therefore, if God doesn't empty our cup of suffering or take it from us, he will give ample grace (favor, kindness, ability) to bear it.

Even when it is not well with our circumstances, it can be well with our souls.

When rough things happen to us, it's as if they rip holes in the fabric of our faith, or what I sometimes call our "blanket of faith.

There are heartaches in life, painful things that happen and disappointments that steal away dreams.

The notion that the underground homeless people are "irretrievable" is refuted by their hope and caring for one another, which reaches far beyond the harsh environment in which they live. I know many people who attest to it. Theirs is a strange and foreign world, but it is very near and largely of our making.

He lives by what he calls the Homeless Credo: "Do what you have to do today. Tomorrow will come. And if it doesn't, you won't have to deal with it.