Quotes about Resilience

Without looking, she knew the shadows in her eyes were rolled back, if not gone. Light always conquers darkness.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From the evil which never arrived.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount a fear.

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

No retreat. No reserves. No regrets.' These were the same phrases Patrick had written in his Bible,

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."—Reba McEntire

Thou shalt not whine' should be the eleventh commandment.