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Resilience Quotes


"It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments."


"Comfort blindfolds; difficulty brings realization.Pain reveals; disappointments plant trigger of actions.Fear controls; ignorance deceives.Anger torments; silence keeps.Misunderstanding divides; love joins.Laughter starts; deception suspects.Frowning cautions; sorrow remembers.Purposefulness moves; idleness wastes.When you live in comfort, ponder.When you live in pain, take lessons.When life goes up, plant your feet and appreciate the height.When life goes down, envision the height and dare to get there with tenacity. Life is how you take and manage things. Be a manager of things or things shall be your manager."



"And now, all these years later, it seem to him that the most horrible fact of human existence was that broken hearts mended."


"No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassure you ~ whatever you have conquered, it shines through your mind."


"We survived life by adaptation to the changing situation."


"Your endurance is strongly influenced byyour fundamental myth about the fighting."


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



"It is true that I suffered in a difficult and stupid love affair and that I worked at one bad job after another to try to keep myself going. Nevertheless, I remember that time as extraordinary, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I don't even wish now that I had more money. And had I been asked if I was suffering at the time, I would have said a defiant no."



"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."


"Gnaw your own bone gnaw at it bury it unearth it gnaw it still."


"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."


"You only fix something, when it's broken. And you - are far from broken."


"No matter how deep the whale swims, it will always surface."


"In storms look for rainbows, in sunshine prepare for storms."


"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']"


"No one knows your inner battle. No one knows the challenge you face. No one knows the sacrifice it takes to do what you do. But you're not alone."



"How are you going to forget him if you keep talking about him? Darling, when things go wrong in life, this is what you do. You lift your chin, put on a ravishing smile, mix yourself a little cocktail... and out you go."


"Don't cry over spilt milk when you can milk another cow."


"Like a wild flower; she spent her days, allowing herself to grow, not many knew of her struggle, but eventually all; knew of her light."


"It might seem like your whole world is falling apart, but I can honestly assure you that it is absolutely not. Think about how many times in the past that you thought that your world was falling apart but finally didn't?"


"The value in my room is neither my Television nor my bank note. The value in my room is myself! Why? Because even if I lose everything I have, but still get me, I am coming back with full passion and desperation to climb the unclimbed hills again and again!"


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


"The greater the pressure, the greater the treasure."


"We need never to be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken."


"When you achieve excellence, expect some to oppose you. When you achieve brilliance, expect several to resent you. When you achieve greatness, expect many to envy you. When you achieve transcendence, expect plenty to hate you."


"Pain frees you from complacency. Tears free you from sorrow. Weaknesses free you from pride. Adversity frees from boredom. Challenges free you from monotony."


"Don't cry for them to be happy. Find courage to overcome the circumstance."


"An uneasy past often builds the strongest and finest people."


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


"My fear whispered to me, I am just trying to protect you.I whispered back, I know, but I'm stronger than you think."


"Becoming unshakeable through this storm."



"If you are focused on your calling, the efforts of any adversary will prove powerless."


"In the furnace of affliction, we are refined and purified."


"The strong overcome several trials. The determined overcome numerous trials. The resilient overcome many trials. The extraordinary overcome countless trials."


"A day in a storm strengthens you more than a thousand in sunshine."


"If you avoid all of life's abrasions you will never be polished enough to shine."


"No matter how deep you bury good seeds, they always find a way to rise."


"When life is sweet, be thankful, and rejoice; but when bitter, be strong, and persevere."


"Remembering where and why you fell and learning the lessons well is a good starting point to start all over again with a better insight and a renewed fortitude and wit to dare again for victory!"


"And that's the problem. When you'realive, people can hurt you. It's easier to crawl into a bonecage or a snowdrift of confusion. It's easier to lock everybodyout.But it's a lie."


"Don't give up in the middle of the journey."


"Become 'tested' in such a way that not a single word in this world can shake you up."



"The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it."


"A strong soul recovers from any suffering."


"Self-pity never leads to happiness. Remind yourself that the situation may not be ideal, but it's rarely the worst that could ever happen."



"If a man realizes who he is, he understands that if he must, he can start from the beginning and achieve success again."


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


"Adversity will always show up but it doesn't always have to come up."
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