Quotes About Resilience

Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.

Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly, unexpectedly, it will find mooring for a moment.

I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.

My Nafs screams out for what it desires. But my will to be free screams louder.

My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.

Never underestimate the desire to bolt.

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.

My problem is trying to find the desire to fight and be on the court ready to fight. For a few weeks, I haven't felt like I wanted to be on the court. That's the problem.

My will to live completely overcame my desire to win

If you desire healing, let yourself fall ill let yourself fall ill.

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire, cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire.

I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all.

I remained dedicated to my desires, and it's what enabled me to come back after being fired seven or eight times, whatever it was.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

I wanted to go home and if Hell rose up to stop me, it would make me desire it more.

Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.

I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn't let it go.

I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it.

When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.