Quotes About Resilience

Fortunately, we are not in control.

I eventually became proud of my strikeouts, because each one represented another learning experience.

The bat is gone, but the smile remains.

After that, they simply beat me in a blind rage, but I was no longer interrogated. Had they kept it up, I might have said things that I didn't want to tell. None of us gave anyone away. I don't know whether you should pride yourself on that or not.

That day, we were all interned in the "S" barracks (the punishment barracks)—the Frank family, too. We all had our own problems, of course. I found my sister again there, and my parents and my brother, and we didn't pay very much attention to what was going on around us. But still, a family like that, with two children. We knew that they were there, that they had been in hiding. What a shame to have been caught at the last minute.

Ironically, later we used the money that we were able to bring to the camp to wipe our bottoms. We simply didn't have any other paper. We tore ten-guilder notes into quarters and then we could use them four times. That was just fine, because it's not pleasant to have a dirty behind.

Near the bolts on the door, there was a hole through which you could look to see the landscape. If you were lucky enough to get a glimpse outside without being pushed away, you could breathe a little and put your thoughts in order.

And then, that Kapo behind you. You're just a poor wretch and there's a Kapo wearing a splendid woolen angora sweater and a short skirt and high boots and magnificently piled up hair. She follows you with a whip in her hand. I won't say that they were all like that, but yes, we had good reason to hate those Polish Kapos. To this day I don't like angora sweaters.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them

During the long healing process, I fell back on my Cherokee ways and adopted what our elders call "a Cherokee approach" to life. They say it is "being of good mind." That means one has to think positively, to take what is handed out and turn it into a better path.

Despite everything, they tend to view economic poverty as a barrier and a challenge, not a state of being.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

Life is a tough proposition and the first hundred years are the hardest.

Everyone suffers, even the good Lord suffered when he was on Earth.

In his fighting heart, there was no fear.

You can do anything, be anything," his father often said, "if you're willing to accept what comes

To be defeated by superior numbers, that was only physical. To give up your spirit, that truly would be death. He

Out here we go hungry sometimes. There we would beg, humiliate ourselves, get robbed, and then starve. Now

cut a piece of moist skin from a dead horse, and tied it tightly over the wound. Curly

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to the slander. Charge!

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.