Quotes About Resilience

Laughter is a protest scream against death, against the long goodbye. It's a defense against unhappiness and depression.

I was at my best when I was backed into a corner. Like a cornered rat I had to somehow jump out of it. I would never surrender. Carl knew he would never get the same answer twice, and I loved to surprise him. Carl: Who is the favorite of all your girlfriends of all time? Mel: Shirley. Carl: What was so special about Shirley? Mel: Her friend Leila. Carl hit the floor.

Comedy made me friends, big friends to protect me from bullies. I made them laugh, and you don't hit the kid that makes you laugh.

Comedy is a weird but very beautiful thing. Even though it seems foolish and silly and crazy, comedy has the most to say about the human condition. Because if you can laugh, you can get by. You can survive when things are bad if you have a sense of humor.

Failure is vital. It is an incredibly important quotient in the equation of a career. After you wipe away your tears, it's not a bad experience and under the right circumstances it will make you better, both as a person and as an artist.

Tu sai come trasformare la paura in energia .... Sei in grado di affrontare anche un uomo senza ombra. Perché più o meno è questo che mi è successo. Non ho consistenza, sono vuoto, non ho niente dentro di me.

Le cose che non sono state durano sempre. Non voltarti indietro

Ea poare ca nici nu isi da seama, dar i-a rupt viata in doua. L-a spintecat, asa cum fulgerul despica un copac. Din el n-a mai ramas decat trunchiul, drept si bine infipt in pamant, trunchiul retezat pe care a crescut muschiul, in care si-ai facut pasarile cuib, dar care n-a mai putut sa renasca. Pana cand si radacinile au putrezit si s-au prabusit, inaltand spre cerul care l-a pedepsit o adunatura de lemne rasucite.

Hey, I'm no artist, and all I had to work with was crayons and glitter—and a sad dream. Plus, my captive companion at the time was a seven-year-old girl with a pink bow in her hair.)

It is the broken heart that makes us human in the end.

Nothing is written stone, child. Even if it were, the stones can be shattered

The future is not set in stone, and even if it was, stone can be broken.

We learned from her how to think for ourselves, how to jump eagerly into adventure and then get out of the scrapes it inevitably involves, how to get to the truth, and, perhaps most importantly, how to spin into action when things are not right.

You don't make a female character strong by playing her opposite a buffoon. You just make her strong . .

If you go only where you are welcome, that's where other people want you to go, not where you choose to go. You're limited by their vision—not living your own dreams.

Even when the battle is long and the path is steep, a true warrior does not give up. If each one of us does not step forward to claim our rights, we are doomed to an eternal wait in hopes those who would usurp them will become benevolent. The Bible says, WATCH, FIGHT, and PRAY." * * * Although

Grandma entertained us with reading or checkers or chess so we wouldn't bother Mother as she studied for her night-school exams. She was determined to complete her master's degree.

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A piece of me is gone," she told me once while we were bra shopping. "I think we're made up of all these different pieces and every time someone goes, you're left with less of yourself.

If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.

Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted.

You go shake your foundations, Will. I think it's about time I saved myself.

Your problems are out there. But they're small. They only grow out of proportion when they climb inside your head.

I'm beginning to realize that things don't turn out the way you want them to. And sometimes, when they don't they can turn out just a little bit better.