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Resilience Quotes


"Life is, at times, tough...And all we need to do is to prove that we are tougher than it."



"There is still hope that if the people refuse to give up and keep silent, no matter how long or inconsequential their voices could be at the beginning, it would still be heard and justice be served."


"But only a person in the depths of despair neglected to look beyond winter to the spring that inevitably followed, bringing back color and life and hope."


"You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you."


"As long as you have hope, you can survive any harsh condition."


"Often a man endures for several years, submits and suffers the cruellest punishments, and then suddenly breaks out over some minute trifle, almost nothing at all."


"In the long run one gets used to anything."


"The road to success is paved with doubters and haters."


"A seed does not die because you buried it, neither does a warrior."


"Life has pounded me downand thrashed me around,Time and time again,But I always get right back up,Because I still love life -Just as the earth still lovesThe rain."


"We all go through some tough times, but unfortunately, some of us let theirs define the rest of their lives instead of growing from them."


"Even after the stormiest weather, a true warrior will still reflect the brilliant rays of the magnificent sun through both his or her eyes. You may get hit by sudden lighting or take severe beatings from the cruel wind, but you will always get back up and stand strong on your feet again, soak in the sunlight, and be prepared to get hit by even the most merciless hail - time and time again."


"I'm a master of speaking silently-all my life I've spoken silently and I've lived through entire tragedies in silence."


"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."


"Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success."



"What cannot be altered must be borne not blamed."


"Pure heart begets pure thoughts."


"Truly," remarked Nandi as we entered a darkened tunnel, "it is amazing that you have not died yet, mistress." "Well, hang in there. The night is young."


"Each step is more difficult than the last, the heaviness fills me and turns my limbs to stone.You must hurt or be hurt."



"In life there will be so many pressing demands, and there will be a mass of pressure on you, but you must be so disciplined so that you can go through these things and come out victorious."


"Mrs. Allan's face was not the face of the girlbride whom the minister had brought to Avonlea five years before. It had lost some of its bloom and youthful curves, and there were fine, patient lines about eyes and mouth. A tiny grave in that very cemetery accounted for some of them; and some new ones had come during the recent illness, now happily over, of her little son. But Mrs. Allan's dimples were as sweet and sudden as ever, her eyes as clear and bright and true; and what her face lacked of girlish beauty was now more than atoned for in added tenderness and strength."


"Blessed are you, who faced many adversities. You will be strengthen and soften."


"Determination in spite of the challenge makes us stronger."


"Life is a sacred enduring journey."


"It's a crime, when you think about how little time we get, that a man should ever be bored. When you are lying on your death bead, I expect you regret those weeks wasted more than your worst mistakes."


"We stand strong, or we cower. We emerge victorious, tempered by our trials , or fractured by a permanent, damming fault line."


"People give up on each other long before they give up on themselves, and they do that, too."


"His resiliency was not the resiliency of the dumb but of a lamb who can remember hurt but cannot sustain the anger or the bitterness that brittles the heart."


"Do not let your hearts be overwhelmed by adversity. May you have the strength, hope and courage to overcome the situation."



"It's only natural for people to fall, but there are people who, even if they fall, jump right back up right away and run forward, and there are people who just keep sitting there, crying."


"We can all be giants in moments of peace and harmony, but to stay a giant in adversity is the true test of one's mettle."


"In the face of every type of pain, we tend to think that life will never be the same, but guess what, it was never going to be the same anyway."


"You can crush a rose, all it will do is give off perfume."


"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."


"You can get through anything that life throws at you."


"We cannot wait for the other shoe to drop, when the road becomes unendurably bumpy. If the aura of truth starts to wane and the light of the sky begins to splinter, only resilience can settle things. ['Steaming ahead']"


"Darkness is an uncomfortable place, but that is where stars are made."


"Crying all the way to success is better than smiling all the way to failure."


"The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship."


"Here's what I've learned - people will hurt you, but you don't have to respond - not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed ..."


"No matter how many failures and disappointments that you have encountered lately, never stop believing in yourself. You still have endless success left in you."


"The pain you have gone through will give you the strength of character to come through it all, so long as you learn from what you have suffered then it was not suffering at all."


"Bravery is not found in getting knocked down. Rather, bravery is found is getting back up knowing that you're going to get knocked down again."


"If you try to hide a star behind a dark veil, it will still shine through it."


"Cultivate the habit of defining, refining, redefining and redeeming your opportunities. Failure is a temporal event, not a permanent trademark."


"See failure as an opportunity to try again with a relatively powerful approach, skill, knowledge and conviction. Redefine yourself."


"In suffering, we build our strength for ultimate success."


"If you can't forget about all the great pains you've endured, as many of us can't, at least take some time to celebrate the fact that you've somehow kept going, in spite of it all. And you've certainly kept growing, because of it all."
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