Quotes About Resilience

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but stand there and take it.

Coming to terms with incest is not easy. Learning to be a survivor, not a victim, gives new meaning to life

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

Even when bad things happen, He can use them for good.

Every time you compromise, something inside your spirit dies a little

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

I would sooner become a spinster than spend a lifetime with a boring, unimaginative man.

If He strips us of all our own resources, we just might learn to lean on Him. And to start praying again.

The war has changed you, too, Caroline. Your faith is stronger, your compassion deeper, your love more intense than ever before. It's as if all the qualities I saw in you and fell in love with have been refined and purified.

Don't hate them," Mama said as if reading Ans's mind. "They'll win if we hate them.

combat worry, such as keeping a prayer journal and rereading it when I'm under attack.

Our faith often grows stronger when we have to defend our beliefs, the same way that patriotism flowers and blooms when our country is threatened.

Her people could trust God no matter what. Even

I will thank Him for all that He has given me, not curse Him for all that I've lost.

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Besides re-arming myself with joy, I need to know the holes in my defenses, the places where I'm vulnerable and where the enemy has successfully attacked me before.

once I understand that my enemy is never going to lay down arms and sign a peace treaty with, I would be wise to remain on full alert at all times.

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As I just told Miriam, we'll die a hundred times before the day finally comes if we give in to fear.

You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn't give you strength. He is your strength.

Our trials are supposed to turn us toward God, but we whine and complain and wish someone would turn down the fire so we could have our old life back the way it was.

It takes less courage to end your life in a burst of glory than to face the mistakes you've made and start over.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.' It's the rought waters that train us to e His disciples. He uses the turbulent times I our lives to prepare us for His purposes-if we'll let Him.

Just think of all the confidence we start out with, all the certainty. And then we embark and we fail, much to our surprise. And then we fail something else, and gradually the surprise dwindles and soon we are surprised by nothing and thus are made adults.