Quotes About Resilience

I come from a long line of madwomen, and of this I am proud.

Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you, and some days you cannot even find the woods.

One fateful day, expecting high praise from my advisor for some work I felt great about, I instead heard from him: "Marilee, this is just not acceptable." At that moment something new happened. Instead of tearfully wondering what was wrong with me, I took a deep breath, and becoming calm and curious, simply asked him "OK, how do I fix it?" That simple shift took me from feeling powerless to being confident enough to take constructive action.

Stress is an important dragon to slay - or at least tame - in your life.

Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.

If we are to find our way across troubled waters, we are better served by the company of those who have built bridges, who have moved beyond despair and inertia.

All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.

There was no justice, there was only life. And life she had.

I have opened all the doors in my head. I have opened all the pores in my body. But only the tide rolls in.

Men: they are what they are and women have to accept that and try to shift around them. Especially men with power. Money. The upper hand. The raised hand. Momma`s philosophy. Here`s to you, Momma. She raised the empty cup. What`s the use of fighting them. What`s the use. To struggle, to live in anger takes everything out of you, drains you, makes people hate you and what`s the use? You get nothing you want, all you get is tired.

My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.

Who gets to choose what battle takes her down?

Before I die I hope everything happens to me. I want to feel rotten and bawl, and then I want to feel good and laugh.

In tough times, a librarian is a terrible thing to waste.

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.

What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

Relationships never break cleanly. Like a valuable vase, they are smashed and then glued back together, smashed and glued, smashed and glued until the pieces just don't fit together anymore.

When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore.

She said, "Only the weak are afraid to appear so.

Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing.

Fear alone makes man weak. If you are afraid, your hands tremble, your feet falter, and your brain cannot tell hands and feet what to do.

They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave.

One must feel fear without allowing fear to control them.