Quotes About Resilience

After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.

The foremost art of kings is the power to endure hatred.

I was alarmed at my doctor's report: He said I was sound as a dollar.

I believe - indeed, I know - that whatever is fine and beautiful in the human expresses and asserts itself in spite of government, and not because of it.

I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.

The situation of the general government, if it can be called a government, is shaken to its foundation, and liable to be overturned by every blast.

The feeling I got from my research is that the victims of bombings end up becoming as alienated from the government as the terrorists who cause the attacks.

Democracy is not a fragile flower; still it needs cultivating.

You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.

It would be useless to bomb Washington. If you destroy one building, they already have two other buildings completely staffed with people doing exactly the same thing.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails admit it frankly and try another but above all try something.

Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

I make my weaknesses my strengths and my stengths stronger.

You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.

If you're willing to stand for what you believe in ... you won't need advice from me, because you will be able to handle whatever comes.

Don't be afraid of fear. Because it sharpens you, it challenges you, it makes you stronger; and when you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.

Be bold, be courageous, be your best.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Everything that's difficult you should be able to laugh about.

It's hard not to be afraid. Be less afraid.

The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.