Quotes About Resilience

The GRS operators enjoyed repeated showings of the blood-soaked story of fearless King Leonidas and his tiny force of Spartan soldiers, outnumbered ten thousand to one by the Persian army at Thermopylae in 480 BC.

Mitchell Zuckoff

Mitchell Zuckoff

she was a bookkeeper for the Port Authority, one week shy of her sixtieth birthday. She had limped down about one thousand steps from the 73rd floor, hobbled by fallen arches, a bad leg from having been hit by a car several months earlier, and assorted maladies. An office manager and others had helped Josephine to get this far, but she could go no farther and had sent her helpers ahead to safety. Now she was alone.

Roughly three thousand children6 under age eighteen lost a parent on 9/11, including 108 babies born in the months after their father's death.

In their Connecticut home, Lee and Eunice Hanson watched the televised explosion of the plane carrying their son, Peter, daughter-in-law, Sue Kim, and granddaughter, Christine. The strike into the South Tower ended the Airfone call between Peter and Lee. Later, Eunice realized: "We heard his first cries and his last cries." They endured the unspeakable, and yet they endured.

JoAnne told Lyz: "Make him . . . make him brave." She repeated the phrase, almost like a benediction: "Make him brave.

Pritchard buzzed them again, wagging his wings and waving from the cockpit. The dejected PN9E crew thought that was the last they'd see of the plane. But as they watched, Pritchard circled lower and lower over an area several miles away. On Pritchard's orders, Bottoms radioed: "Coming in anyway.

Lieutenant Commander David Tarantino, MD, hurt, sore, pungent as an ashcan, limped several blocks to a Metro rail station. He paid the fare and boarded a train toward home. As he reflected on all that he'd seen and done, Dave noticed a woman staring at him from a few seats away. She studied his scrapes and bruises, the burns on his hands. Her gaze worked its way down his torn, stained uniform to his ruined shoes.

And that's how it is in America. We look to our communities, our faiths, our families for our joy, our support, in good times and bad. It is both how we live our lives and why we live our lives.

Ico made to charge her again. The queen raised a clawlike nail, but Yorda stepped between them. Without a word, Yorda stretched out her arms in front of Ico, holding him back. Ico looked into her eyes and she shook her head, pleading with him.

For the very young to rail against their own bitter fate, they must draw upon all their strength and spirit. That is why they are so steadfast.

Wataru would never cry again. He turned to stone—a little stone in the shape of a boy.

First of all, I'm not even tired.

When people are driven nearly mad, they are imbued with superhuman strength and are capable of almost supernatural deeds.

My grandmother once told me that while there is no suffering a person cannot endure, there is plenty of good fortune one can never hope to enjoy. I believe that.

Always choose life. A demeaned life is better than the best death.

Di mana ada kehidupan, di situ pasti ada kematian. Mati itu mudah ; hiduplah yang sulit. Semakin berat kehidupan yang dihadapi, semakin kuat keinginan untuk bertahan. Dan semakin besar ketakutan untuk mati, semakin besar pula perjuangan untuk terus hidup.

Strong winds eventually cease, unhappy families return to peace

If an earthworm in the ground won't starve to death, then neither will we, the working class." He

Dü?üncelerini her zaman gö?e sal, denize dald?r, olmad? da?a ç?kar ama ne olursa olsun s?kma kendini.

Se qualcuno piange vuol dire che è ancora vivo. Piangete pure, piccoli miei.

Lui è morto, ma io voglio continuare a vivere. Il grano nei campi dev'essere falciato

Había una vez un tal Jiang Zhiya, que atravesaba una racha de mala suerte. Si estaba vendiendo harina, soplaba un vendaval; si lo que vendía era carbón, el invierno venía suave; si alzaba la cabeza para lanzar sus lamentos al cielo, le caía en plena boca una cagada de pájaro.