Quotes About Resilience

I hope they realize that the human spirit is infinite. That it has remarkable reserves. To paraphrase Pino toward the end of the book, no matter how flawed, we have to be thankful for the miracle of every moment. Because it is a miracle.

Awww, well, my young friend, how can you survive what life throws at you if you cannot laugh and love, and are they not the same thing?

like your friend Mrs. Kantor, we'll be able to see the beauty in every cruelty we've had to endure. Even this moment.

People are dying and you're playing music?" Several people came into the hallway behind his mother, including his aunt, uncle, and father. Michele said, "Music is how we survive such times, Pino.

Pino took one last look at the Beltraminis before walking south toward the telephone exchange, feeling like the blast had cut out part of his heart.

Music is how we survive such times,

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Despite all the death he saw that morning, Pino knew something had changed in Milan overnight, some critical point had been reached and passed while he'd been partying and sleeping, because the streets near Porta Venezia were crowded and boisterous. Violins played. Accordions, too. People danced and hugged and laughed and cried. Pino felt as if the spirit of the party at the Hotel Diana had moved outside and seduced everyone celebrating the end of a long and terrible ordeal.

Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough to find comedy in it, change is nearly always a drama, if not a tragedy.

Trust in no power but your own, Emil. If you want to be saved, save yourself.

Let not your hearts be troubled,

The people who hold these six words true are unafraid, and they are strong. 'Let not your hearts be troubled.

We have got to take the fight to the enemy and stop listening to the doom and gloom that surrounds us. Christians are not the weak, outnumbered, or powerless folks that the world around tries to tell us we are, and it's high time we begin to believe in our power as God's Army. The days of silence and complacency are over. No more hesitating! It's time to light up our world with a Holy Fire!

the two steps back (the falling) are as important as the three steps forward.

Brokenness is a fact of life for us all, and I'm not just talking about physical breaking. Many of us have also had more than a taste of emotional brokenness too.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Perseverance is a principle that should be commendable in those who have judgment to govern it

Iíve seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true

December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, Aprll, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.

The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter. The moment it arises, all your irritations and resentments slip away, and the sunny spirit takes their place.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.