Quotes About Resilience

Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by turning on the light. I will not try to read or watch a movie, thank you. Productivity is a crutch of the weak.

Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you; you won't stand up for other people.

Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation.

I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.'

In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong.

I don't write women who are weak or simpering.

A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.

I'm a very strong person, and I think that's why, actually, I find it really infuriating when I read, 'She had a nervous breakdown' or 'She's not very mentally stable, just a weak, frail little creature.'

As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway.

You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

We have been dealt a very weak hand by the financial market meltdown, bailouts, and recession. We can't act like it's a strong one.

I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak - they've always got steel in them.

Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.

I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person.

I was in hospital between the Grand Prix in Australia and Malaysia because of a lack of water and a little bit of lack of everything. I was very weak.

Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak.

I have not survived 50 years in showbusiness by being Mr. Nice. If you are weak, this business eats you up.

Remember that it's okay to get help, and it doesn't make you weak.

You have some people that's weak, and you have some people that's strong. I consider myself a very strong person.

For Mike Mills, I learned that having dance parties and crying with your cast does not make you a weak director, it makes you a strong director.

I think women are strong, and they have never been weak.

I just want to send a message to my fans saying that it's OK to admit that you need help, and it doesn't make you weak.

Having a mental illness does not mean you're weak or can't handle life. You can have a mental illness and deal with it and still be a powerful, confident woman.

You can sit there and worry yourself sick if you're a mentally weak person.