Quotes about Resilience

If you can't get a miracle, become one.

I'm a person that carries everything that happened to me in my past, with me into the future. I refuse to let it make me bitter. I still completely believe in love and I remain open to anything that will happen to me.

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'

Whatever you do in life, don't give up on your own dreams.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

Style has a profound meaning to Black Americans. If we can't drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can't have ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given rotten peaches, we will make cobblers; if given scraps, we will make quilts; take away our drums, and we will clap our hands. We prove the human spirit will prevail. We will take what we have to make what we need. We need confidence in our knowledge of who we are.

Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.

Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.

No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities — always see them, for they're always there.

The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So does a person.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

It's always too early to quit.