Quotes about Resilience

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stage coach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place.

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

Be as a tower firmly set Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

O human race born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou fall.

Sometimes it takes suffering to reveal to us just how rich we are.

It is so easy to take our eyes off of God and look at the problems around us. That's when we get discouraged and fearful, giving the devil an opportunity to pounce.

In times of adversity, we can run away from God and let the enemy rule our circumstances or we can run to God and let Him work through our prayers to bring good out of evil.