Quotes about Resilience

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.

Never deprive someone of hope it may be all they have

They shouted, danced, clapped their hands and stomped their feet as they bore witness to the power of Jesus' cross which had given them an identity far more meaningful than the harm that white supremacy could do them.

I barely saw my mother, and the mom I saw was often angry and unhappy. The mother I grew up with is not the mother I know now. It's not the mother she became after my father died, and that's been the greatest prize of my life.

In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.

I'm officially disabled, but I'm truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many in need.

I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.

You look back and reflect and there are things you could do better - even when there's been an 'experience that was unjust.

Every player goes through streaks where they're just not making their shots. It may last two games, it may last ten games, and a lot of times, it's something off the court that is bothering you, or coach might cut your minutes for some unknown reason.

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.

I am a huge fan of the Black woman. I never hesitate to recommend her when times are bad or things go wrong.

You know I have never met a woman who is not strong. They don't exist.