Quotes About Resilience

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.

If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny.

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

Everyone pushes a falling fence

War - hard apprenticeship of freedom

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here are sleeping pills to swallow. You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be. Every time you dont throw yourself down the stairs, thats a choice. Every time you dont crash your car, you reenlist.

When you find that one part of yourself that wants freedom from fear more than it wants the freedom fear promises, youve found the real beginning of the end of fear.

A girl only needs three things in her life: love to make her weak, alcohol to make her strong, and friends to pick her up when the first two make her hit the ground.

When life gives you lemons, find someone who has vodka and throw a party.

Life can be funny and serious. We either laugh over it or cry over it. But Life itself doesn't care about such reactions. It goes on.

Start the day off right...On the toilet...sh..ting out yesterday's bullsh.. getting ready to digest today.

Single is not a status. It is a word that best describes a person who is strong enough to live and enjoy life without depending on others. Just kidding, It's miserable seeing everyone else with someone.

Never be afraid to stand up for what you believe in. If people get angry, you can always pretend you were just standing up to stretch.

Fearing a man is a joke. If he can breathe, then he can choke.

Age attacks when we least expect it.

If life gives you lemons don't make a fu..ing lemonade take the sh..ty lemons and throw them at the assole who's making your life hard.

Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.