Quotes About Resilience

There will be much darkness ahead—but, in the end, there will be light.

The world is worth fighting for.

You often take two steps backwards to take one step forward.

Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Healthy is not something that you need to get, it's something you have already if you don't disturb it.

Our genes are a predisposition, but our genes are not our fate," I wrote to him. "If they were, then you'd be a victim, but you're not—you're one of the most powerful people on the planet.

If you make every game a life-and-death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

The kaleidoscope remains the most efficacious instrument for those of us who've been shattered. There's so much I can't explain if someone would just give me the chance...

I abhorred weakness of any kind but most particularly in my tea.

He considered that a moment, rolling the sweet over his tongue. "There are times when it is entirely safe to show one's vulnerability, to roll over and reveal the soft underbelly beneath. But there are other times when pain must be borne without a murmur, when the pain is so consuming that if you give in to it, even in the slightest, you have lost everything.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

Because if we're on the road to hell, we're going to dance the whole damn way and give them something to talk about when we're gone.

Should I be in distress? In a meadow? You mean if the cows organize some sort of attack? I have extensive experience with cows. They almost never do that." "Forget

She might be less than what she had once been, but she was still worth a hell of a lot.

I ran a finger over the seal, tracing the letters of the motto. ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS. She flies with her own wings.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

Tis a hard thing for a child to know she isn't wanted. It gets into her blood and bones until she knows that she must always find her own way, for none will smooth her path. But that sort of thing makes a woman strong, you know.

You rise from your bed every day on two strong legs and can think only to complain that someone once spoke harshly to you.

A woman could love a jackass. She could not love a son of a bitch. Many have tried, Gideon. Many have tried.

the scars were commentary to his courage,

Because she doesn't apologize for anything. She had a rotten start in life, but she's made the best of it. She lives on her own terms. She knows who she is and what she wants, and she does what she is good at. And she has a good time doing it.

My dear child, it is never finished. Our enemies are cunning and careful. and they are legion.

Be brave. You have everything you need," I murmured to no one in particular. "Everything indeed." Excelsior!

There are times when it is entirely safe to show one's vulnerability, to roll over and reveal the soft underbelly beneath. But there are other times when pain must be borne without a murmur, when the pain is so consuming that if you give in to it, even in the slightest, you have lost everything.

ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS. "'She flies with her own wings,'" I translated.