Quotes About Resilience

Alex allowed herself the space of three heartbeats to grieve. I could count them, because that gross muscle between Pottery Barn's hands was still beating.

I hold up two fingers. 'How many fingers?' He squints. 'Twenty-five?' 'Yeah, you'll be fine.

Well," he said at last, "if you guys elect me leader, you must be even crazier than I am. So let's build a spankin' hot war machine!

They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.

It wasn't so much a survival plan as a plan for dying in a different place, but we grimly went to work.

Otis! Will you PLEASE stop killing me!

Nothings ever easy!!!!

Italy Is Made of Tuff Stuff

Be militantly optimistic

I would be dead now, if not for a vessel of pure belief.

we are product of our past but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

Surrender . . .sacrificing my life or suffering in order to change what needs to be changed

You can't grow strong without resistance.

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

Grief is a good thing. It's the way we get through the transitions of life.

Martin Luther said, "You cannot keep birds from flying over your head but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair." You can't keep the Devil from suggesting thoughts, but you can choose not to dwell or act on them.

Failure is a part of everyone's journey. But it is your attitude toward failure that will determine your ultimate success.

When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything; without it, nothing is bearable.

We accept our humanity intellectually, but not emotionally. When faced with our own limitations, we react with irritation, anger, and resentment. We want to be taller (or shorter), smarter, stronger, more talented, more beautiful, and wealthier. We want to have it all and do it all, and we become upset when it doesn't happen. Then when we notice that God gave others characteristics we don't have, we respond with envy, jealousy, and self-pity.

anyone in recovery will tell you, setbacks are part of the process in long-term change. Rather than beat myself up, I simply asked God and my friends to help me get back on track.

God specializes in turning weaknesses into strengths. He wants to take your greatest weakness and transform it.

it's hard to be spiritually strong and mentally alert when you are emotionally stressed or physically fatigued.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Paul said, "We know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character.

When our dreams shatter and we feel helpless, that's when we have to believe in God's power and presence.