Quotes About Resilience

There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man.

Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.

We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and millions and millions of years.

Laughter is Humanity's mechanism to escape suffering.

I AM VERY MOVED BY SURVIVORS. BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME A HANDICAP, A SITUATION, OR ANYTHING. VISITING THE HEARTS AND SOULS OF THOSE PEOPLE TEACHES ME A LOT ABOUT HUMANS AND HUMANITY.

Humanity has survived because the strong among us have, in the past, been obliged to help the weak. Without this, we would not survive.

Why is it beautiful that humanity keeps coming back? So does herpes.

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up.

I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.

The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity.

Just because you are innocent does not mean that others cannot harm you. History teaches us that lesson.

Precious attribute of woe-worn humanity! that can snatch ecstatic emotion, even from under the very share and harrow, that ruthlessly ploughs up and lays waste every hope.

There is an eternal humanity that crosses through all people, and it's more interesting often when it's about struggle - not people with champagne glasses.

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Everything burned, everyone lied, and no one paid for it but the ones in the muck.

Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive things.

I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities - a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.