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Quotes About Resilience

Maybe God isn't trying to tell us anything specific each time we hurt. Pain and suffering are part and parcel of our planet, and Christians are not exempt.
~ Philip Yancey
But the Lord say he won't put more on us than we can stand. If we can't take it, he'll be right there beside us giving stren'th we didn't know we had.
~ Philip Yancey
We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed.
~ Philip Yancey
The presence of another caring person doubles the amount of pain a person can endure
~ Philip Yancey
True health is the strength to live, the strength to suffer, and the strength to die.
~ Philip Yancey
The redemptive way goes through pain, not around it.
~ Philip Yancey
Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon.
~ Philip Yancey
Everywhere a greater joy is preceded by a greater suffering
~ Philip Yancey
No, the prayer is essential. I live on the prayers. They alone can strengthen me to fight despair and fatigue.
~ Philip Yancey
Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon." I
~ Philip Yancey
True followers of God quietly humble themselves and rise again courageously.
~ Philip Yancey
The past must be remembered before it can be overcome.
~ Philip Yancey
What counts is the way a person reacts in the face of suffering.
~ Philip Yancey
La resistencia no es solo la capacidad para soportar algo difícil, sino también la capacidad para convertirlo en algo glorioso».
~ Philip Yancey
What counts is the way a person reacts in the face of suffering. That is the real test of the person: What is our personal attitude to life and its changes and chances?
~ Philip Yancey
The role of the doctor, nurse, social worker, minister, or loving friend is simply this: to keep the nutcracker of circumstances from destroying, and to help the sufferer see that even the worst hardships open up the potential for growth and development.
~ Philip Yancey
There's something unique about having only God to lean on in times of trial.
~ Philip Yancey
the healthiest body is the one that feels the pain of its weakest parts. In
~ Philip Yancey
Faith like Job's cannot be shaken because it is the result of having been shaken.
~ Philip Yancey
La vida es difícil».
~ Philip Yancey
C. S. Lewis once said that God sometimes shows grace by drawing us to himself while we kick and scream and pummel him with our fists. That is my story.
~ Philip Yancey
He transforms pain, using it to teach and strengthen us, if we allow it to turn us toward him.
~ Philip Yancey
defects. I escape the force of gravity again when
~ Philip Yancey
the descendants of today's raped and mutilated victims will arise to seek vengeance on the avengers.
~ Philip Yancey