Quotes about Resilience

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." —Maya Angelou

I can change by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

Here, root yourselves beside me. I am that Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. I, the Rock, I, the River, I, the Tree, I am yours—your passages have been paid. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again.

I keep on dying, Because I love to live.

Centered on the world's stage, she sings to her loves and beloveds, to her foes and detractors: However I am perceived and deceived, however my ignorance and conceits, lay aside your fears that I will be undone, for I shall not be moved.

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.

She worked the thread through the flowered cloth as if she were sewing the torn ends of her life together.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Cause I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me.

Nothing can dim.the light which shines within us

We turned other cheeks so often our heads seemed to revolve on the end of our necks, like old stop and go signs.

Sister, change everything you don't like about your life. But when you come to a thing you can't change, then change the way you think about it. You'll see it new, and maybe a new way to change it.