Quotes about Resilience

Around 1998, I went through lots of pressures and struggles. My children got married within eight months of each other, my son was diagnosed with cancer and went through major surgery and radiation, my mother had five life-threatening hospitalizations where I stayed with her, my husband's dental office burned to the ground.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.

I woke up many mornings not knowing what I'd done the night before. I'm amazed I'm not dead.

Physical strength in a woman - that's what I am.

Many men and women in the world demonstrate great willpower and self-discipline in overcoming bad habits and the weaknesses of the flesh.

One of the themes in my novels is that our crises can turn into blessings. We can feel like our world has crumbled, but ten years down the road when we look back on that time, we can see God's hand at work. I love writing that theme into my books.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.