Quotes about Resilience
Put on all the armor of the Lord. Not just the pretty stuff.
— Mark Vonnegut
The road to medical school started with a job mowing lawns I was far from sure I could handle.
— Mark Vonnegut
Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whenever men and women straighten their backs up, they are going somewhere, because a man can't ride your back unless it is bent
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, cruelly mocked, but it an never be taken away unless it is surrendered.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
This faith transforms the whirlwind of despair into a warm and reviving breeze of hope. The words of a motto which a generation ago were commonly found on the wall in the homes of devout persons need to be etched on our hearts: Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.