Quotes about Resilience

As appreciative as I had already been for their kindness, now I was astounded. In the midst of such heartbreak, this good couple had reached out to me in my pain. For the first time in a long while, I felt hope in humanity.

Fate does not bend for us-we must bend to it.

Sometimes the most whole people are those who come from the most broken circumstances.

Too many times we lose today's battles because we're still engaged in fighting yesterday's.

Life's book is written on the heart.

On n'est pas courageux si on ne connaît pas la peur.

Though adversity is the fertile soil in which the human spirit best grows, we loathe it still. I do not see how it can be otherwise, for no rational being seeks out pain and misfortune. Still, I cannot help but wonder if it is not somehow wrong to enjoy the fruit but curse the tree.

Everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

So if she left you because you suck, she still did you a favor." "How is that?" "Because no one is happy living in a sick relationship, whether they're the weak link or the strong one. And if you're the weak link, this is your chance to learn that." "What are you, a marriage counselor?" "No. I'm a weak link.

Truth is patient. It can afford to be, for eventually it will have its way.

It's been my experience that those with the toughest shells have the softest hearts

We do not succeed in spite of our obstacles and challenges. We succeed precisely because of them.