Quotes About Resilience

every troubled time and every troubled person.

from Egypt: "You

The same grace that transports us to heaven also gives us composure when our flights are delayed or the traffic is jammed up.

Oppression and opposition to Jews is nothing new in world history. The descendants of Abraham were enslaved in Egypt for 400 years, then the ten northern tribes were captured by the Assyrians in 722 BC and the two southern tribes by the Babylonians in 586 BC. (Granted, these captivities were due to the Jews' sins.) Then Rome crushed the Jews in AD 70, dispersing them into the

Sometimes it is only through pain that we become who God wants us to be.

Unless there is within us that which is above us, we will soon yield to that which is around us.

James teaches us that we can be victors instead of victims, if we will mentally prepare ourselves by: 1. celebrating the reason behind our trials; 2. calculating the results of our trials; 3. calling on God's resources in our trials; 4. considering our reactions to our trials; 5. contemplating the reward of our trials.

Out of the suffering of God's people have come some of the greatest triumphs. When circumstances look darkest, God has the opportunity to shine the brightest.

Stop allowing things from the past to control you in the present or hinder you in the future. Paul shook things off. He didn't let them cling to him like anchors pulling him down.

The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible.

Failure sucks, but instructs.

the reality is posttraumatic growth happens more than posttraumatic stress.

I know you're drowning. You'll keep sinking for a while, but there will come a point when you'll hit bottom. Then you'll have a decision to make. Do you stay there or push off and start to rise again?

Orang-orang tahu bahwa terkadang pelajaran terbesar kita terletak pada rasa sakit yang paling menyakitkan.

The greatness of man lies in the decision to be stronger than his condition.

In another assignment, he wrote about how one day, when he refused to do extracredit homework, his mother padlocked his comic book collection in a closet; unable to pick the lock, he removed the hinges and took off the door.

He strengthened his body to keep up with his mind. He began lifting weights, practicing judo, and wrestling. One day after school, a bully tried to pick on Carmack's neighbor, only to become a victim of Carmack's judo skills.

suffering could make a person "splendid"—more able to appreciate the range of human existence and emotions.

You've got to have the emotional understanding that you can make the right play time and time again," he would say, "but you can still lose. And even if you lose four times in a row, you're still supposed to make the same play the fifth time. It's a very easy concept in theory, but in practice it's much harder, especially when you see people making bad moves and they win. You have to do the right move all the time." Once

After living with a flurry of stepfathers, American's mother finally settled on a man who thought he was a woman. One day when American was sixteen, he came home from school to every kid's nightmare: an empty house. The only things left were his bed, his books, his clothes, and his Commodore 64 computer. His mother had sold the home to pay for two plane tickets and the fee for her boyfriend's sex change operation. American packed up his computer. He was on his own.

He had ceased to be Shimonkeh when they took his mother. He ceased to be Shimon when they took his clothes and half his hair. He was prisoner #641, a slave belonging to Albert Speer.

Just because you are dealing with difficult people does not mean that you must become like them.

Courage, my friends. Take courage.

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.