Quotes About Resilience

Psychologically, it's difficult to ever shrug off the effects of extreme hardship or poverty, family bereavement, chronic ill health or the memory of violent conflict.

Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs - and her violently checkered career - attest.

France, because it was attacked cowardly, shamelessly, violently, France will be merciless against the barbarians of Daesh.

The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.

You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.

I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant.

I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep dancing at the level I wanted to. It wasn't like, 'Oh my god, I'll never play the violin again.' I could, but not at the level I wanted. So, I segued into acting, the other thing that was also meaningful to me.

There are so many things that can go wrong while performing. I've had violin strings break; I've had pants that were slowly falling down, and I'd have to pull them up in between every song; my hairpiece was falling out, so a big chunk of hair was just flapping around as I danced, and I've completely fallen on my butt.

The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so the violin was always the one constant I had. I always feel better when I had my violin. Playing it is cathartic.

The violin didn't keep me from doing things I wanted to do.

Pocahontas was the reason the Virginia colony didn't disappear, unlike some earlier attempts.

I survived high school in Virginia, so the internet is no match.

If I ever felt like I was getting lost in the hurricane that was storming around Nirvana, I'd just go back to Virginia.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been reminded how important Virginia's farms are to getting food into our stores and onto our tables.

I am a competitor, I am a Virgo, and for me, I would never quit anything.

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?

I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.

As a child, I seriously believed my family was going down the road to bankruptcy. I was denied virtually every popular trend, from heavily logoed Tommy Hilfiger windbreakers to amusement park season's passes.

In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

Just when my biological clock started ticking, I found out it was going to be virtually impossible. And it was very hard.

I've had plenty of fights where the guy's virtually unknown and very tough. I mean a lot.

Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.