Quotes about Resilience

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.

Even when it doesn't look good, it's always good. Even the worst thing, there's always something good that comes out of it. I've learned that.

The soul is both the most fragile and most resilient thing about you; a healthy soul is what holds you together when your world falls apart. Since you will carry your soul into eternity, it's worth checking up on it at least as often as your teeth.

I spoke up about my difficulties with anxiety and depression to try to help change people's view of those problems and improve understanding. You need to be brave about doing it because you know you'll get negative stuff aimed at you by ignorant people, and I did, but it's all about toughening up and rising above that. It was worth it.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

The man I love may decide tomorrow that he loves me no more - but if my heart remains open, I will endure the storm.

I was born a cripple, with two club feet, and mild polio in the left leg. I was in orthopaedic boots right through to my teenage years and, unfortunately, the fashion then was for light shoes. I discovered very quickly that I had a sharp mind and an exceedingly sharp tongue.

Yeah, I had a talk show canceled. Okay, let's go back to the list of people who had talk shows canceled. Johnny Carson had his first talk show canceled. Jon Stewart. Letterman. Conan O'Brien, if you look at 'The Tonight Show' as a show that got canceled.

It's always too early to quit.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.