Quotes About Resilience

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My heart sort of broke that day, and it will never be the same.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.

Thank God life outlives death.

Life in a box is better than no life at all ... I expect.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

Remember, there are no mistakes, only lessons. Love yourself, trust your choices, and everything is possible.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Thug Life to me is dead.

Life is just a bowl of pits.

Life is not fair; get used to it.

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

I have spent many years of my life in opposition, and I rather like the role.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.