Quotes about Resilience

The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power. The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic admiration.

If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.

being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart.