Quotes About Resilience

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

Everyone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough.

Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.

The terrorists-those nineteen people, with hundreds or maybe thousands behind them-did the worst thing you can possibly imagine. But tens of millions people did the right thing...On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring.

You don't realize - the great thing about change is how quickly we get used to it. So I'm not complaining. the more things change,the more they don't stay the same. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They might not change everywhere all at once - but there are moments when the impossible becomes the inevitable, and the rest is just a matter of time.

Things rarely get fixed the way they need to be.

jaded , adj . In the end, we both want the right thing to happen, the right person to win, the right idea to prevail. We have no faith that it will, but still we want it. Neither of us has given up on anything.

traverse , v. You started to cry, and I quickly said, No -- I mean this part is over. We have to get to the next part. And you said, I'm not sure we can. Without even having to think about it, I replied, Of course we can. How can you be so sure? you asked. And I said, I'm sure. Isn't that enough?

Told her she was beautiful. Didn't give up when she didn't believe me.

If goodness can't come from bad things, it makes bad things unbearable.

But you have to figure that if it's too hard to hang on, then maybe you should let go.

I saw his scars - the visible ones-and saw how breaking him had not made him any less beautiful. If anything, he stood stronger, because he'd survived.

I'm glad you're not mad at me, she says. I just want everything to be okay. I nod. If there's one thing I've learned it's this: We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

Tell me a way you think this can work. We'll find a way, I tell her. That's not an answer. It's a hope. Hope's gotten us this far. Not answers.

Honestly, I'm just trying to live day to day

Gone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our lives have to be our lives.

If I'd managed any of these ifs-- would I have been able to avoid the inevitable fuck-up, the full-force fuck-off? My pride shut me up, my heart shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

Sorry to be so cynical, but this is New York

But I think we were walking around like we were invincible. And maybe that's a bad way to live your life. Because you're not invincible. Nobody is. And maybe now that we've learned that, we'll be better.

I hope suffering don't exist.

They beat the shit out of me. But you know what? I didn't need that shit inside of me. I'm glad it's gone.

It is always an act of desperation, and I keep asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

better , adj. and adv. Will it ever get better? It better. Will it ever get better? It better. Will it ever get better? It better.

The more kindness and justice are challenged, the more we must embrace them. Only when you are challenged - and only when you challenge yourself - do you discover what truly matters.