Quotes About Resilience

Mama:...you can keep trying. You can get brave and try some more. You don't have to give up. Jessie: I'm NOT giving up. This IS the other thing I'm trying. And I'm sure there are some other things that might work, but MIGHT work isn't good enough any more. I need something that WILL work. THIS will work. That's why I picked it.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

For instance, people who speak up for what they want in the face of conflicting peer group expectations must endure a period when others become rejecting, angry or critical. They must sustain themselves during the tension of these days (or months or years), while continuing to move in the direction they have decided is good for them. They must be strong enough within themselves to persevere and know that, even though others may be critical, they are acceptable in their own estimation. People

the more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir that will gradually dissolve the hard shell of your ego—your need to possess and control—and transform you into a generous being. The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous—large souled. —Sam Keen, philosopher

By getting up after every fall, and by frequently renewing my faith and love, I have arrived at a state of mind where it is more difficult for me NOT to think of God as it was at the beginning to think of Him.

It should not surprise us that people cause us troubles, temptations, oppositions and difficulties. We should accept these and bear them for as long as God wishes, and view them as highly beneficial to our spiritual development.

We will meet the forces of hate with the power of love. . . . We must say to our white brothers all over the South, We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. . . . Bomb our homes and we will still love you. . . . We will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process.

If young George felt closer to his grandfather than to his own father, it was probably because George Wallace, Sr., was almost totally absorbed in a ceaseless, savage, losing cat-fight with life.

Lamenting the past is a waste of time. I learned my lesson. Let's move on." That's one way of looking at regret—if only as a form of self-protection from the pain of knowing we missed out. We're comforted by the fact that no one is immune to regret (we're not alone) and that time heals all wounds (the only thing worse than experiencing pain is not knowing if and when the pain will go away).

this "we will succeed" attitude leads to staff burnout, high turnover, and a weaker team than the one you started with.

we go through life grumbling about what should be at the expense of accepting what is

We think we are in sync with our environment, but actually it's at war with us.

a changing environment changes us. The

Never wrestle with a pig—because you both get dirty but the pig loves it

If you know what matters to you, it's easier to commit to change. If you can't identify what matters to you, you won't know when it's being threatened. And in my experience, people only change their ways when what they truly value is threatened.

Whether you're leading other people or leading the follower in you, the obstacles to achieving your goals are the same.

Canadians are the people who learned to live without the bold accents of the natural ego-trippers of other lands.

The three secrets of getting published: 1. Never give up! 2. Never give up! 3. Never give up! It doesn't matter how many rejection letters you get. Remember, you only need one acceptance letter.

Seldom are your critics actually disappointed with you. They are usually disappointed with themselves, their circumstances, or God. You are simply a convenient target. Wayne Cordeiro

No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

the doctor gestures at the X-ray where the lung crumples like a tossed poem.

Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.

Después, la vida sigue porque, al fin y al cabo, nunca nada es lo suficientemente devastador.

Mi dolor es un fallo que no puedo permitirme. La prueba irrefutable de una inteligencia débil