Quotes About Resilience

I thought of Thomas Paine's words: these are the times that try men's souls. Outside, the rain ceased but high winds remained. And what was truth remained the truth. It was the last day of the year of the monkey and the golden cockerel was crowing, for the insufferable yellow-haired confidence man had been sworn in, with a Bible no less, and Moses and Jesus and Buddha and Mohamed seemed somewhere else entirely.

The knowledge of him added swagger to my step and this could not be stripped away.

Risos. Ingrediente essencial da sobrevivência. E nós ríamos muito.

Se você bater no muro, não pare.

the signs that mock me as I go.

My love for him could not save him. His love for life could not save him. It was the first time that I truly knew he was going to die.

Back home I checked supplies—plenty of cat food, spaghetti, a few cans of sardines, peanut butter, and bottled water. Computer charged, candles, matches, a few flashlights, and an inbred cockiness that would eventually be challenged.

We weathered all things, large and small, with the same vigor.

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

I awoke with a mild hangover.

Speak to me heart, All things renew. Hearts will mend, Round the bend. Paths that cross Cross again, Paths that cross Will cross again. - Paths that Cross

In times of strife, we have our imagination, we have our creative impulse, which are things that are more important than material things. They are the things that we should magnify.

But now Americans, they felt a sense of peace and protection because they've been separated by so many thousands of miles of ocean. And you know, the fact that it's come to the U.S. like this is so sad, and yet you know, what can you do? It's here.

We are all broken, but sometimes the jagged pieces fit together nicely.

Peeps cure cancer!

I mean people die every day, and the world is still spinning." Mom takes my paper and turns it around to study it. "That's a good thing." "Are you talking about life, death, or my bird?" "Life is good. Death is a mystery. The bird needs work.

Just being alive - even if you're only on the planet for a few years - is struggle enough. You've earned the right to be remembered.

Failure was a major contributor to its success.

Don't seek praise, seek criticism.

She knows there's no success like failure And that failure's no success at all.

You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.

Betty died of a broken heart. Some people laugh when they hear that phrase, but that's because they don't know anything about the world. People die of broken hearts. It happens every day, and it will go on happening to the end of time.

Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man.

What matters is not how well you can avoid trouble, but how you cope with trouble when it comes.