Quotes about Resilience

Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.

I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks.

How do I wake up to joy and grace and beauty and all that is the fullest life when I must stay numb to losses and crushed dreams and all that empties me out?

Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.

For Lou Ann, life itself was a life-threatening enterprise.

I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence.

Over the years I've seen people lose a spouse and then withdraw and lose interest in life, and I believe we need to resist that.

Humour is...the all-consoling and...the all-excusing, grace of life.

I think people who suffer from depression, unless it's post-traumatic, are probably going to struggle with it for their whole life.

Notice how those who have medicated away their hardships with illegal drugs, alcohol, or sex can seem immature. They may look forty-five, but they have the character of an adolescent. Find a person who has weathered storms rather than avoided them and you will find someone who is wise.

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.