Quotes About Resilience

Lay me on an anvil, O God. Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.

The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer - prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them.

The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort.

Christians fight best on their knees. Whatever good may be done is done and brought about by prayer.

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

If thou least fallen into sin through violent temptations, seek speedily for repentance for it, recovery out of it, and reformation from it.

Those whose lives were lost on September 11 will remain in our thoughts and prayers forever.

Prayer is the answer to every problem there is.

Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.

Complaint is a prayer to the devil.

Make sickness itself a prayer.

A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.

Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.

When the opposite of your prayer occurs, your prayer hasn't been ignored; it's been considered & refused for your ultimate good.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the thousands of marathon runners, onlookers, city officials and others affected by this senseless tragedy.

What do I haveto help me, without spell or prayer,endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,the death of love?

Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All many be well.

When we started the show, there were mixed responses. Half of the people said, 'That show doesn't have a chance.' The other half said, 'That show doesn't have a prayer.'

I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard.

Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.

The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm "O God you will save me if you wish but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight."

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.

When life knocks you to your knees and it will why get up! If it knocks you to your knees again as it will well isn't that the best position from which to pray?

It's our willingness to be vulnerable that will heal us in the end.