Quotes about Resilience
More visibility is more power, but more vulnerability.
— Ezra Furman
The day people around me stop questioning my character is the day my character begins to grow vulnerable.
— John Ortberg
What I always think about when I think about 'Girls' is Lena being in a scene where she's very vulnerable, possibly directing, acting, and she's probably written the dialogue. It's 2 in the morning. Everyone's tired. Everyone's grumpy. And she has a smile on her face and kindness for everyone who interacts with her.
— Jennifer Konner
People think you're vulnerable when you tell the truth, but it's never hurt me.
— Viv Albertine
They put chains on me; they chained my waist, my legs. Put me in the back of a squad car, and I literally blacked out. I didn't even - there's whole pieces missing.
— Jim Bakker
And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with the fact that what I was doing was going to be different, and I just had to wait until somebody was ready to jump on the bandwagon.
— Lee Ann Womack
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