Quotes About Resilience

You know I've smoked a lot of grass O' Lord, I've popped a lot of pills But I never touched nothin' That my spirit could kill.

I've rode o'er hot, dry deserts And over mountains tall I believed in the bad land sayin' "A good gun never falls"

I learned more about economics from one South Dakota dust storm than I did in all my years in college.

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts — it's what you do with what you have left.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts

Never give in and never give up.

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts -- it's what you do with what you have left.

Never give in,never give up,never surrender no matter what!

There is in every American, I think, something of the old Daniel Boone - who, when he could see the smoke from another chimney, felt himself too crowded and moved further out into the wilderness.

Het leven is niet mogelijk zonder het leergeld van de ontgoocheling.

De psychiaters en, op hun manier, ook de biechtvaders hebben gelijk. Zorgen of angsten, die men uitpraat, relativeren zich tot wat binnen de grenzen valt van wat ons weerstandsvermogen zonder evenwichtsverstoring verdragen kan.

NOW THE SHIT REALLY hit the fan. It must have hit something because it sure as hell wasnt floating around the city. There no longer was any thought, or even desire, to make money, but just an unending effort to get enough for themselves. Some days it was a case of just copping enough for right now and then going out again to take care of the rest of the day and have that wake up shot nice and secure. And the streets were getting tougher.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

thats why you cant be worried about the world. theyll just do you in anyway. you can't depend on them because sooner or later theyll turn on you or just disapear and leave you there alone.

I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.

An intellectual crisis is such an invigorating walk in a freezing rain!

I have the people behind me and the people are my strength.

Misfortune is a test of people's fidelity. Those who protest at injustice are people of true merit.

One of the first things any Black child must learn is how to fight well.

It seemed as though most of the cats that we'd come up with just hadn't made it," he says. "Almost everybody was dead or in jail." Many young Black men in our generation can say the same thing. Drugs, oppression, and despair take their toll. Survival is not a simple matter or something to be taken for granted.

Sorrows come and will come, but faith is not made perfect till they are driven out by the strong hand of joy.

You can always tell youre in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.