Quotes about Resilience
Some leaders are not intimidated by opposition; they actually thrive on it. It wakes them up. It energizes them. It calls them to battle. It causes them to mobilize their thoughts and energy.
- John Ortberg
We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread.
- Viktor E. Frankl
They - you know, when we walked in - when I walked in with the two white men that had carried me down - and they cursed me all the way down. They would ask me questions, and when I would try to answer, they would tell me to hush.
- Fannie Lou Hamer
You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Comebacks don't seem likely when your back is up against the wall and your hope is depleted. But if you will stay the course, you will discover God's power to reverse the irreversible in your life.
- Tony Evans
If for half a year you only get 10 minutes to play from the bench, then you have no rhythm.
- Mario Gomez
You've got to take care of yourself as you get older, definitely going to try and do a better job of that.
- Kyle Larson
Nina Simone sacrificed so much to be as bold as she was about being black and about being female in an era where that could have cost her life.
- India Arie
Some of my worst moments in football have been losing semi-finals, the Barcelona game in 2009 probably more than most. But you have to take it and bounce back.
- Roberto Di Matteo
I am actually learning to enjoy bowling, and I never thought I'd say that. I didn't enjoy it in the past because it hurt. It hurt my back or my ankle.
- Andrew Flintoff
I broke my right ankle. Four ribs. One rib went into my liver. My spleen. My back in two places.
- Roddy Piper
You have to build yourself up a bit. You have to believe in yourself, because not that many other people will, you know?
- Richard Ashcroft