Quotes About Resilience

Imagine that; you survive the apocalypse, the scourge of Satan, the wrath of Jesus, and your first order of business is to bust a nut." "I'm not surprised. Humans were never good at prioritizing," I replied,

Ah fuck, he's going to gnaw my arm off; I'm losing a limb. I can't go through life with one arm. I mean, fuck, I'm already a hideous rodent with no game," he said, sniffling. "I'll be a wobbly, off-balanced dipshit who lost his arm to an ass. And not even the good type of ass. "Are you crying?" "No, no, I have sweat in my eyes," he explained as the donkey's tongue kept licking his face.

Le persone con cui attraversi gli inferi sono amici. Le persone con cui scampi agli inferi sono amici.

La professionalità, Steve, è rendere il massimo anche nelle condizioni peggiori

Ma voglio morire come un fottuto fuoco d'artificio, compare. Non ho scelto questa vita per poi spegnermi come un lumino, non ho fatto anni di galera per morire da coglione.

Tutto era razionato: zucchero, sapone, olio, e soprattutto il sale in zucca, ché di quello ce n'era davvero poco. Perché quando che hai fame, e questo chissà se tu lo puoi capire da là dove stai, la testa non funziona più come prima, s'incaglia, ché non ti consola nemmeno avercela ancora sul collo, se non te ne fai più niente.

the words she penned are driven into the grain" from "The Oak Desk" by Wyatt Townley

Courage is being afraid and going ahead and trying anyway. One can still be afraid and still be courageous.

This was my way of life for 21 years: Highs so high I was a human F-16, and lows so low I didn't need a funeral because I'd already buried myself.

If you walk through your fear that something must be wrong with you, then what you always find on the other side is that there's nothing wrong with you. And there's nothing to be afraid of," he tells her. "What happens then?" Katie asks, sobbing. "When you get to that other side, there's only one thing waiting—joy.

The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around.

it ain't as hard as picking cotton

I don't have any hate. I've got some sense. I'm not going to let anybody who hates me tell me to love him. I'm not that way-out.

You get freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get your freedom; then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it.

Don't let anybody tell you anything about the odds are against you. If they draft you, they send you to Korea and make you face 800 million Chinese. If you can be brave over there, you can be brave right here. These odds aren't as great as those odds. And if you fight here, you will at least know what you're fighting for.

Early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

We are African, and we happened to be in America. We're not American. We are people who formerly were Africans who were kidnapped and brought to America. Our forefathers weren't the Pilgrims. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. The rock was landed on us.

Ya me cansé de esperar que me quieran, ahora nomás espero que me aguanten. Y si no que se jodan

Si al final mis problemas no eran solubles, cuando menos serían adulterables.

Para valer la pena, una vida debe ser digna de contarse, me digo cada vez que me va mal, porque ya sé que los destinos torcidos se parecen a la rueda de la fortuna. No importa qué tan arriba o abajo estés, de todos modos vas a dar la vuelta.

It is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes against the enemy with the gods' gift of a stronger morale that their adversaries, as a rule, cannot withstand them.

He who has a weak constitution becomes stronger by manual exercise than a robust man without it.