Quotes About Resilience

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever received was from my grandmother, who said, "A woman always has to keep something of her own, even if it's a jar of quarters." The other was from my agent, another wise woman, who told me twenty years ago: "You don't have to tell everything you know.

I always say I was one woman before his death and have been another ever since. The one before thought she could fix anything if she just worked hard enough. The woman after was forced to accept that sometimes life has plans for us and our loved ones that are far, far beyond our grasp.

I think a very key thing for women is to refuse to let anyone tell you you're banned, you're out of fashion, you don't look the right way. Put your energy into a career that will be there for you regardless of the naysayers.

there is a rock bottom that you can hit, even if you are young and beautiful and smart and loved.

The rules of the track work well for life. Roller derby is life in a tiny circle. You can only go forward, even if you find yourself turned around, facing the wrong way. There's speed, unpredictability, and danger. You can't be sure what's going to happen, you don't always know when you'll stop, and it appears most people are out to get you. You will fall. You will get hurt. But you will get up again.

I'm really sorry." "There's no sorry in roller derby. Now shut up and keep being my hero.

People often suffer the most By anticipating suffering that never happens. They, therefore, have more to bear than God gives them to bear.

the death of someone close to them. The girls I see show the same signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder as the soldiers coming back from Iraq and

It's important to keep your feet on the ground. No matter how good life gets or how screwed up things are, you have to stay anchored. Otherwise, circumstances can beat you down.

The things is," she said at last, " sometimes people can come back and still be lost.

There's nothing that the God I serve can't fix, even a broken spirit.

Angel sinirlenerek sordu : - Mahvolmaktan ne kastediyorsun? - Kaderi olan hayattan ba?ka bir hayat? kendine zorlayan adama mahvolmu? diyorum. Angel ba??n? sallad? : -Mahvolmu? adam buna m? derler? Ya kaderi olan hayattan ba?ka bir hayat? kendine zorlamayan adama ne dersin?

Elle repensa à la devise du vrai Du Guesclin : "Le courage donne ce que la beauté refuse.

Joséphine avait peur, si peur. Elle aurait pu indiquer précisément où elle avait peur, mesurer la longueur, l'épaisseur, le diamètre de la barre qui lui écrasait le plexus et l'empêchait de respirer.

The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.

The creative hopeless.

Pankaj Mishra (#iampm)

They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.

Every time he makes plans for his future, he seems to fail. Every time he reaches forward, the world leans against him, pressing him down.

If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.

La competizione non è per tutti e soprattutto non seleziona i migliori, solo i meno sensibili.

One characteristic apparently common to all chess players is a refusal to admit that their position in a lost game was truly indefensible.

Little stones that are pelted into the lake of consciousness should not throw the whole lake into commotion.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.