Quotes About Resilience

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him. --People of Sparks--

You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.

Some things can't be forgot. they can be put away though, thought back on a lesson, as somethin' we've overcome. That's what makes them go.

Dents in your mutual armor. No wonder you both look battered.

She is bone-chilled and a bit battered, but she breathes.

I had a choice: to quail, or to harden. I hardened.

ONE OF LIFE'S great blessings is that death and tragedy are never allowed to take full possession. Life goes on. People say it bitterly, as if one ought to be occupied solely with the current disaster. In fact we couldn't cope if, in the midst of crisis, people didn't eat and drink and relax a bit and comfort one another.

finish the Tom Clancy

My mother had a philosophy that guided her through many a rough time. 'Only worry when you can do something about it--whatever it is. Then it's not worry, it's thinking things through, trying to decide what's best. When there's nothing you can do, it's just plain worry, and it's pointless and self-destructive.

Jeanne M. Lee

And I don't think anybody ever gets over loss. I think you get through it. You let it get through you.

If it hurts so much that you have to bubble-wrap your body, maybe you should play something different.

Laughter helps us view frustrations and disappointments from new perspectives; it enables us to survive hard times, setbacks, and frustrations.

The capacity to take conflict in stride and forgive easily is supported by our ability to manage stress, be emotionally honest and available, communicate nonverbally, and laugh easily.

By protecting your nervous system and keeping you focused, laughter and play offer you opportunities to thrive even in inhospitable environments.

The key to coping with questionable emotions is knowing that we are in control of them, and not the other way around.

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.

One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.