Quotes about Resilience

Disappointments are part of life; we can't always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate what is significant from what is merely annoying. Only in heaven will we be free of all disappointments and failures. A friend of mine says, "Oh well, a hundred years from now it won't make any difference!

With an old head and a young heart, you can be a source of real strength [to others] who need your cheer and encouragement.

We don't deliberately look for trouble in life. It comes. Suffering is a universal fact; no one can escape its claws.

Happiness is a choice, but grief is a certainty.

No one is exempt from the touch of tragedy: neither the Christian nor the non-Christian; neither the rich nor the poor; neither the leader or the commoner. Crossing all racial, social, political, and economic barriers, suffering reaches out to unite mankind.

Daniel and his companions were tempted to forsake their godly heritage but they refused. They even faced a fiery furnace rather than compromise.

The more we yield to pressure, the more easily we will yield next time.

Christians who are strong in the faith grow as they accept whatever God allows to enter their lives.

The Word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.

Peace—[the ability] to sleep in the storm!

A muscle becomes weak if it is not used. To become strong, a muscle must push against something.

Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.