Quotes About Resilience

You know, I used to think, 'Life is great, but people suck,' but now I've had to learn the opposite, 'Life sucks, but people are great.

One day I feel I'm on top of the world And the next it's falling in on me I can get back on I can get back on One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel, And the next it's rolling over me I can get back on I can get back on It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it

Remember: in order for a perception to change one must be frustrated in one's actions or change one's purpose.

Neil S. Plakcy

Neil S. Plakcy

New York Times

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lower-income New York

Malcolm Browne managed to take a photograph of Arnett [AP's Peter Arnett] standing behind Halberstam for protection a moment later, just before another plainclothesman sneaked up behind Browne and smashed his camera with a rock. The rock did not damage the film inside. The Surete men backed off. They apparently had orders not use clubs, and they decided Halberstam was too much for them hand to hand. The uniformed police did not intervene

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably havenÂ't been born yet.

I mean, if you give in when you're eighteen and a half, you'll give in for the rest of your life, don't you think?

From my first day inside, I recognized that this odd coupling-housing leprosy patients with federal convicts- would make a great story

As long as you show that you're willing to take it further than them, they'll tend to back off, whoever they may be.

Self-loathing was on the agenda for the foreseeable future and he found it hard to imagine a way past it.

And as an afterthought, this too must be told: Some people have taken pure bullshit and turned it into gold.

Don't let it bring you down. It's only castles burning, find someone who's turning, and you will come around.

This old world keeps spinnin' round; It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down.

In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.

Rock and Roll can never die.

It's hard enough losing with out the confusion of knowing I tried.

Only love can break your heart.

I'd rather burn out than rust.

He is a calm man in a land of hotheads,

The kids I've seen make it have followed various trajectories, but they all have a consistent relationship with at least one trusted adult.