Quotes About Resilience

You can't quit poverty.

Creativity is an act of defiance.

The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it.

When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

If you're at a dead end, take a deep breath, stamp your foot, and shout "Begin!" You never know where it will take you.

In those long and sleepless nights when I'm unable to shake my fears sufficiently, I borrow a biblical epigraph from Dostoyevsky's The Demons: I see my fears being cast into the bodies of wild boars and hogs, and I watch them rush to a cliff where they fall to their deaths.

There's nothing wrong with fear; the only mistake is to let it stop you in your tracks.

They key is to learn how to keep free-floating fears from paralyzing you before you've begun.

When I can't build a cathedral, I build a bridge to get there.

There is nothing wrong with fear; the only mistake is to let it stop you in your tacks.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me… but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

Life's a roller coaster, and you never know when it's going to take a turn.

we steady thud of wind with lungs that empty moon, fill it back up with shine, feed my feet to pig iron anklets biting flesh where i am link. i will break. bleed, crack. shatter. crush. i'ma smash outta this choir, come up gasping new breath, my name burned clean, made mine

A particular personality trait that doesn't come easily to everyone will be needed in a lot of situations: the ability to handle or maybe just ignore the ongoing appearance of stressful situations.

You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.

People always try to do the right thing..after they've tried everything else.

I thank God for Closed Doors

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

God will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies so let them watch you eat.

A footstool is only needed when you need to get higher. Let your enemy lift you.

Heartbreak can make you hard! But don't let it make you bitter.