Quotes About Resilience

Resolution, the ability and determination to see things through to the end. However unexpected or disappointing that end turns out to be.

I knew I'd get stick

Most people who have failed miserably in life itself have one last resort left available to them. They become politicians.

The human race, for all our facets and our institutional stupidity, is something I believe in. I admire our diversity, our stubbornness. The dynamic of conflict is one of our greatest traits.

But rocks falling on our heads can't happen anymore," Alik insisted. "We're not fucking dumbasses like the dinosaurs; we're here to stay. It's Darwin.

The biggest victory they can have is to change our lives. I am going to carry on exactly as before. Anything else is allowing them to win.

but whereas her contemporaries were thickening out, ready for their century of toil on the land, she remained slim and agile.

Always trust in proven survivors.

Mother Mary, this is not what was meant to be." "Nothing ever is, Doc. I learned that long ago." "Ha! You're too young." "Depends how you fill the years, doesn't it?

We all have a bad morning after at some point in our lives.

And he saved them. My son. Because of him, they will live, and have children, and laugh. But it hurts! That's because we're human, more so than Adamists can ever be. Our empathy means we can never hide from what we feel, and that's good.

Arnice was lying motionless on the cot at the end, his head swaddled, leaving only narrow slits for his eyes and mouth.

Hope doesn't die just because a life is lost, or even a million lives.

Life's a bitch, then you rejuvenate and do it all over again.

The penalty for a long life is increasing resistance to change.

Once achieved, regulation is not automatically maintained. Characteristically, it is lost and regained even for the most capable people.

barrel-chested general was like the proverbial boxer with an iron right punch and a granite jaw.

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

For my children. For you. So that you could be safe. So that what happened to them," he nods toward the photo of his mother and his sister, "would never happen to you. Because it will never really go away, this thing. It goes underground for a generation or two, but always reemerges.

Grief can be an incredible source of energy. For good.

I'm hard to get rid of." He smiled. All Tegan's suspicions about the boy came flooding back. "So it seems," she replied icily.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are.