Quotes about Resilience

End the habit of despising things that are not within your power

No, I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it — or do I have to die moaning and groaning too?

If you make peace with all things that are beyond your power, refusing to fight them, you will be invincible.

It is not the person who insults or attacks you who torments your mind, but the view you take of these things.

I, personally, was never kept from something I wanted, nor had forced upon me something I was opposed to. How did I manage it? I submitted my will to God. He wants me to be sick — well, then, so do I. He wants me to choose something. Then I choose it. He wants me to desire something, I desire it. He wants me to get something, I want the same; or he doesn't want me to get it, and I concur.

Remember that it is we who torment, we who make difficulties for ourselves — that is, our opinions do. What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock, what has the abuser gained with his invective?

Pain too is just a scary mask: look under it and you will see. The body sometimes suffers, but relief is never far behind.

I am nailed to the cross of my imagination.

There is always light. If only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it."

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

If you have no more tears left to weep, then don't weep. Laugh.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.