Quotes About Resilience

Lord save us all from... a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term.

By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

Describing her first day back in grade school after a long absence, a teacher said, It was like trying to hold 35 corks under water at the same time.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds upon the heel that crushes it.

Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.

To cease smoking is the easiset thing I ever did. I ought to know, I've done it a thousand times.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, what counts is the size of the fight in the dog.

The simple fact is this: when you goto Alaska, you get your ass kicked.

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.

I have lost friends, some by death...others by sheer inability to cross the street.

When I got up I stuck to my plan - stumbling forward and getting hit in the face.

Toughest job I ever had: selling doors, door to door.

You know the hardest thing about having cerebral palsy and being a woman? It's plucking your eyebrows. That's how I originally got pierced ears.

I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.

My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get to low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good.

You can teach an old dog new tricks. You just don't want to see the dog doing them.

If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.

At one point you think, well, it's funny, I could just be a starving actor... So if somebody were to pull the plug right now, there'd be no room for complaint.

When you're out of will power you call on stubbornness, that's the trick.

We used to sleep five to a bed and three of them used to wet the bed. I learnt to swim before I could walk.