Quotes About Resilience

Some men are possessed of great strength of mind; and even when they pursue external objects, are not much affected by a disappointment, but renew their application and industry with the greatest chearfulness. Nothing contributes more to happiness than such a turn of mind.

He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances.

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens.

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

If you are offended at anything and have your emotions stressed as a result, it is you who have chosen to be offended. It's a thought form, a state of mind, which you are in control of.

Serdukov looked at the coast, assaulted by waves, rocks becoming sand.

The fear of being vulnerable prompts me into bringing myself forward.

The brave will fight whatever the odds,' Hitler said on January 18. 'But give the craven whatever weapons you will, they will always find reason enough to lay them down!

True soldiers are not recognized by their victories, but after their defeats.' His

Tell Montgomery they can keep shooting and I'm going to stand up to them; tell Montgomery they can keep bombing and I'm going to stand up to them. If I had to die tomorrow morning I would die happy because I've been to the mountaintop and I've seen the promised land and it's going to be here in Montgomery.

the Negro must come to the point of refusing to cooperate with evil," but without ever hating the evildoers. "I have no malice toward anyone, not even the white policeman who almost broke my arm, who choked and kicked me. Let there be no malice among you.

Don't worry too much when you stumble. Just learn from it, and move on.

My own view of the relationship between drugs and PTSD is reminiscent of what Frank Sinatra said when a reporter asked him about his philosophy of life—"Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night—be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel's.

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise. We must be willing to make an intelligent compromise with perfection lest we wait forever before taking action. It's still good advice to cross bridges as we come to them.

It's funny how it only takes one person taking the time to show you they care for all that bad shit to not seem so bad for a moment. It's not like the demons go anywhere. What haunts you is still right there when you go back under, but that one gesture from one person can bring you to the surface for a second or two. And for a very long time, all I'd really needed was to come up for air.

Dwayne understood that his brother was not meant for this place, that some people were born too soft to bear the teeth of this world. There was no place for weakness in a world like this. Survival was so often a matter of meanness.

Being poor is a full-time job, it really is.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Well, I thought, climbing slowly out of the slit trench, the shells will catch us above ground now. But if you have to go, you have to go. F Company's in trouble, and we have to help them. We're in reserve, so we have to go. And if we're shelled, we're shelled. There is absolutely nothing we can do about it.

Your loss is not a test, a lesson, something to handle, a gift, or a blessing. Loss is simply what happens to you in life. Meaning is what you make happen.

Healing doesn't mean the loss didn't happen. It means that it no longer controls us.

Life gives us pain. Our job is to experience it when it gets handed to us. Avoidance of loss has a cost.

People often say, "I don't know how you're doing it." I tell them that I'm not. I'm not deciding to wake up in the morning. I just do. Then I put one foot in front of the other because there's nothing else to do. Whether I like it or not, my life is continuing, and I have decided to be part of it.