Quotes About Resilience

I am beginning to see how grief has transformed me, humbled me, opened me up, cut through the bullshit of my being. It's not growth anyone wants to do. It's growth that has been thrust upon us, ripped from us, has come from being punched in the soul and kicked in the heart. You have no choice.

When you hear the things that people have gone through and realize you've gone through the same, it provides an amazing amount of relief. It gives us hope. And I think that's what we're supposed to get from each other. The

Everyone is a little bitter. We're born bitter. The personality itself is really just a very complex defense mechanism. A reaction to the first time someone said, "No you can't.

We're all carrying around some shit. When you hear the things people have gone through and realize you've gone through the same, it provides an amazing amount of relief. It give us hope. And I think that's what we're supposed to get from each other. The hope that, maybe, just maybe, we're going to be okay. Maybe.

Faith in the face of disappointment is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.

after the viking leader's submission in 878.

Soon afterwards the plague had struck the community, killing everyone except for one young boy and the abbot,

those taken captive.

Wessex alone had survived, and Alfred had done his best to repair the damage it had suffered.

plucky little Britannia throwing off Roman rule and beating the barbarians into the bargain

Falling as deeply in love with as many people, places, and things as you possibly can -- that's the best revenge on the unjust brevity of this fragile life.

What I'm saying is that we all hold, in our minds, the ability to create images that would break us in half.

Self-quieting skills refer to a child's ability to calm himself or herself, with no help from an adult, when the child is unhappy, angry, or frustrated.

The same response that once gave a weary hunter the strength to press on after his wounded prey now powers the tired businesswoman laboring to meet a deadline. But it's also the reason why overtired children appear "wired," unable to fall asleep easily or stay asleep.

Il n'y a pas de courage triste. [in Journal sous l'occupation]

Au milieu d'un monde qui s'écroule, on veut mourir debout. [in Journal sous l'occupation]

Il n'est pas besoin d'espérer pour entreprendre ni de réussir pour persévérer.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it in full.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion

When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered...the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls...bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory

It is grief that develops the powers of the mind.