Quotes about Resilience
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
— St. Jerome
A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them.
— Henry Ward Beecher
There is no man on Earth or devil in Hell who can keep you from the very best God put in you.
— Joyce Meyer
For how can a man stand, unless he have something sure under his feet. Can a man tread the unstable water all his life, and call that standing? Better give in and drown at once.
— DH Lawrence
A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.
— Mae West
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
— Cicero
...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.
— Ted Dekker
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
— Mark Twain
Even in the inevitable moments when all seems hopeless, men know that without hope they cannot really live, and in agonizing desperation they cry for the bread of hope.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God.
— Thomas Merton
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
— William Faulkner
Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
— GK Chesterton