Quotes about Resilience

I can face things that are out of my control and not act out of control.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.

She seems to have had the ability to stand firmly on the rock of her past while living completely and unregretfully in the present.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.

Itt iss Eevill… What is going to happen? Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!… And we're not alone, you know, children, came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. …some of the best fighters have come from your own planet… Who have our fighters been? Calvin asked. Oh, you must know them, dear, Mrs.Whatsit said. Mrs.Who's spectacles shone out at them triumphantly. And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

The growth of love is not a straight line, but a series of hills and valleys.

If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.

You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

Stay angry, little Meg," Mrs Whatsit whispered. "You will need all your anger now.