Quotes About Resilience

When the Sufi Abû Sa'îd ibn Abî-l-Khayr was asked what Sufism entailed he replied: "Whatever you have in your mind—forget it; whatever you have in your hand—give it; whatever is to be your fate—face it!

Life's a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand boldly to it! Metal's worthless till it's shaped and tempered! More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.

Go after your dreams. Never give up!

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

We have all lost our possessions and many of us our homes," he said. "But these losses, severe though they may seem, remind us of what no person can take, and that is our minds and our imaginations.

Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.

The only remedy against the malady of life is life itself. The bane is its own antidote.

There are people who, like houses, are beautiful in dilapidation.

We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stouter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

Lois Gladys Leppard

Breaking up is hard to do. But, bustin him in the head ain't that easy, either.

I'd rather be pissed off then pissed on.

If at 1st you don't succeed, stretch out on your La-Z-Boy with a six-pack and a porn flick. Y' still won't succeed, but you sure as hell won't give a shift.

I don't need no PMS. I can bitch under my own steam.

Just when you think you have life by the tail, it's likely to whip around and take a hunk outta your balls.

All's well so long-as you don't get shot in the hind end with a twenty gauge.

I ain't taking no more rides on the stupid train.

Excrement happens.

In this town, a successful marriage is one that lasts longer than ice.

In the movie business, the ones we call Lucky are usually those idiots who are just too damn stubborn to take no for an answer. Come to think of it, the movie business is kind of like life.

There isn't much a pan of warm Brownies and a glass of milk will fix. In less it's low grain prices. Or poverty. Or the national debt. I guess there are a few things, but nothing you have to worry about right this minute.

I'd trade every last one of you for a moment's peace and a dog that didn't P on the carpet