Quotes about Resilience

Should doubt knock at your doorway, just say to those skeptical, disturbing, rebellious thoughts, I propose to stay with my faith, with the faith of my people.

Birds sing after a storm why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them.

I was completely nuts for most of my life.

To be somebody, you must last.

Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use.

If you're facing a problem, don't tell yourself that you can't do it. Convince yourself that you have the strength to deal with almost anything because of the way you were raised. And you do! Recognizing your core strengths is an important step toward having joie de vivre. You can count on better days to come because of the good days that came before. And you can find joy in the moment because you have the resiliency to overcome the problems that may be hanging over you.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

The hardest test I ever faced in my life was praying.

If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound.

I simply refused to believe.

We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, my brothers and sisters—Plymouth Rock landed on us!

It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared.