Quotes about Resilience

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

I feel just like the boy who stubbed his toe—too damned badly hurt to laugh and too damned proud to cry!

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

And ye, beneath life's crushing load Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing: O rest beside the weary road And hear the angels sing.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy.

Without a lot of college film, a lot of people had written me off already. When the Patriots called, I was pretty happy.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.

When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope.