Quotes about Resilience

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing.

Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight.

All I got to do is stay black and die.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

She liberated me from a society that would have had me think of myself as the lower of the low. She liberated me to life. And from that time to this time, I have taken life by the lapels and I have said, I'm with you, kid.

Never let white folks know what you really think. If you're sad, laugh. If you're bleeding inside, dance.

She used to say that her secret to life was that she "hoped for the best, was prepared for the worst, so anything in between didn't come as a surprise.

Teachers of my early youth Taught forgiveness stressed the truth Here then is my Christian lack: If I'm struck then I'll strike back.

Girl, you're going to be all right. You haven't forgotten the essentials. You know about defending yourself. All you have to do now is remember … sometimes you have to defend yourself from yourself.

Every storm runs out of rain.

This book has been written to examine some of the ways love heals and helps a person to climb impossible heights and rise from immeasurable depths.

For what can stand against me, since one person, with God, constitutes a majority?