Quotes about Resilience

Life takes many twists and turns. It bruises and burns and rips apart. But it also loves and heals and forgives.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

The amount of noise which anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity.

The faithfulness of God is a truth to be confessed by us not only when we are at ease, but also when we are smarting under the sharpest rebuke.

But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1Co 10:13).

I have a duty to speak the truth as I see it and share not just my triumphs, not just the things that felt good, but the pain, the intense, often unmitigated pain. It is important to share how I know survival is survival and not just a walk throught the rain.

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles

Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.

The first six years I was kept totally alone. The last six years I had two people staying in the house. The first six years really trained me very well.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.