Quotes about Resilience

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills.

Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning.

When you have an interior life, it certainly doesn't matter what side of the prison fence you're on.... I've already died a thousand times in a thousand concentration camps. I know everything. There is no new information to trouble me. One way or another, I already know everything. And yet, I find this life beautiful and rich in meaning. At every moment.

When I have Suffered sufficiently, the Lord will then take me to himself

Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum when it's you that you are following. - Andrew Lloyd Webber

Every man of character will have that character questioned. Every man of honor and courage will be faced with unjust criticism, but never forget that unjust criticism has no impact whatsoever upon the truth. And the only sure way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and be nothing.

Does adversity build character? . . . It does not. Almost all people can stand adversity of one sort or another. If you want to test a person's character, give him power.

As children, we were afraid of the dark. Now as adults, we are afraid of the light. We are afraid to step out. We are afraid to become more.

Every single day for the rest of your life, somebody is going to push you in the pool. And you'd better decide now how you're going to act when it happens.

Failure exists only for the person who quits. I do not quit.

Their leader had no real knowledge of warfare or tactics. I was only a stubborn man and that was my greatest advantage in this fight.

Always remember that you have been created with a will that is stronger than your emotions. You can choose how you act, despite how you feel.