Quotes about Resilience

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason.

Everybody has adversity in their lives and we all have to find ways of overcoming them. You've got to soldier on, make the best of it, look for the positive in everything.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.

People who pity themselves think, 'Why would I try to do anything? I'll just fail.'

I have plowed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me. And aren't I a woman?

Doesn't matter what people say, doesn't matter what they are going to say about you. You gotta go out there and play your game.

I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

I started training again four months after giving birth, and it was strange not to be fully in control - I'm so used to my body performing at a certain level, but it wasn't. I was like, 'Oh, man, can we go back to where we were, please?'

My whole life, I've felt like I can do anything on the basketball court, from playing point guard in high school to having to play center one year in high school, doing everything in college and going through different roles in Philadelphia.

My strength does not come from my clothing.