Quotes about Resilience

I was fully burnt out - and in some ways I think that was good, because I was just fully numb.

The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

Oakland kids are always the best.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can. I've been criticized on many, many occasions, because of - acquaintances, and what have you.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

Every person, if he is to have mental health and live successfully, must move away from past failures and mistakes and go forward without letting them be a weight upon him. The art of forgetting is absolutely necessary.

when the old fears, hates, and worries that have haunted you for so long try to edge back in, they will in effect find a sign on the door of your mind reading "occupied.

The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

The secret of life is not in what happens to you. It is in what you do with it that happens to you.

People who are able to turn criticism into a positive situation are going to attract friends.