Quotes about Resilience

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

I am thankful for all those who said no to me. It's because of them I am doing it myself!

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

There is only one road to human greatness: through the school of hard knocks.

There is a driving force more powerful than steam, electricity and nuclear power: the will.

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy.

It's dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you're feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That's why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling...

What's the point of truth or beauty or knowledge when anthrax bombs are popping all around you?

You got rid of them. Yes, that's just like you. Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. Whether 'tis better in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them… But you don't do either. Neither suffer nor oppose. You just abolish the slings and arrows. It's too easy.

If you allowed yourselves to think of God, you wouldn't allow yourselves to be degraded by pleasant vices. You'd have a reason for bearing things patiently, for doing things with courage..

She would have laughed if she haven't been at the point of crying.

Getting rid of everything unpleasant instead of learning to put up with it. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them … But you don't do either. Neither suffer nor oppose. You just abolish the slings and arrows. It's too easy.