Quotes About Resilience

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens.

I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.

I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

I have discovered that my freedom is within me, and nothing can destroy it.

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting.

Adversity is a call to action, and your freedom lies in taking the first step. Don't worry about the entire staircase, just take one step, and then tomorrow take another.

if I fall, I will fall five-feet four-inches forward in the fight for freedom.

You take everything I've made the last 16 years. I'll take my freedom.

Freedom. I will not give you up.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

Nobody will give you freedom. You have to take it.