Quotes About Resilience

To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative.

Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it-likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

What is to give light must endure the burning.

If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.

Women are always beautiful.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

If you can't do it all, do what you can.

Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?

My doctors warned me repeatedly that if you don't stay positive, you don't do well.

I don't need men like Ross on my side. I just need them to get out of my way. (Mitch Rapp)

Americans had grown soft with all of their rights and personal freedom. They had no idea how harsh the rest of the world was.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

If you can accept losing, you can't win.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist; but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

Mental toughness is essential to success.

Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.

Our greatest glory was not in never falling, but in rising when we fell.

Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.

Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.

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