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Resilience Quotes


"When people try to bury you, remind yourself you are a seed."


"Don't be afraid of criticism, the tallest trees are always confronted by the strongest winds."


"We only fall on our face to learn how to rise on our feet."


"Even when life knocks me around, I will not lose hope. For you see, nothing is ever personal Just a chance for me to grow."


"To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place."


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


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


"When the storm rips you to pieces, you have to decide how to put yourself back together again."


"Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance."


"Sometimes you try to fly and you fall. Remember your falls are not fatal, they're just a little painful. Endure the pain, clean the blood stain, you'll surely gain! Get up and fly again!"


"He'd broken his leg dropping down from the rooftop. The bone didn't set right, and he'd limped ever after. So he'd found himself a Fabrikator and had his cane made. It became a declaration. There was no part of him that was no broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken."


"It's only when we understand that who we become during, and after hard times is more important than the challenges, that we embrace messes are channels of important messages meant to upgrade our lives."


"Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity for joy."


"Rise above storms. Sail against tides. Succeed against the odds."



"Some things will go wrong for each of us, the most important thing is your attitude in that circumstance."



"I always felt it wouldpass.I listened to the charges against meknowing some of them to be truebut certainly notimportant enoughto become the target ofviolence, envy,vengeance.I thought it would surelypass."


"Do not complain, pray for courage to endure the situation."


"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."


"If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds."


"You cannot bury someone with the Shereketa spirit for long. Even if they are thrown into problems, they will rise back up."


"You are a failure not the time when you are defeated.. but when you give up fighting."


"If life doesn't give up on you in good times, why then would you dare to give up on it in tough times?"


"Do not take negative criticisms to heart."


"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."


"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."



"It has been observed that all Americans need a frontier: pain was hers, and she was determined to push it out."


"The tests we face in life's journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond the challenges we face."


"If you stumble, you get back up. If you fall off the wagon, you have the next go at it. And then the next. And the next. And the next."


"Struggle strengthens the human bond and lightens the burden of the human condition."


"You may have fallen down, but you can get back up again. You may have doors shut, but new doors will open for you. You may have been lied on, but the truth will come to the light. You may have been hurt, but the pain will pass. You are a survivor. You have a history of surviving."


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


"I remember asking myself one night, while I was curled up in the same old corner of my same old couch in tears yet again over the same old repetition of sorrowful thoughts, 'Is there ANYTHING about this scene you can change, Liz?' And all I could think to do was stand up, whle still sobbing, and try to balance on one foot in the middle of the living room. Just to prove that - while I couldn't stop the tears or change my dismal interior dialogue - I was not yet totally out of control: at least I could cry hysterically while balanced on one foot."


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


"A person can drop dead even while singing. But that's no reason to stop singing."


"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."


"You can decide to refuse to allow people who aim at hating you to achieve their aims."


"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."



"Use negative situations to gain experience."


"Never lose hope; until your bones are rotten, never give up. Once the final whistle did not blow up, keep running hard!"


"You are only greater than what you overcome."


"Failure is blessing wrapped in the clothing of curse."


"When you hit hard tough stuff, do you feel flattened because of it or rebound in a new direction to keep living, loving, moving, and growing? Improving your bounce-ability factor will help you rock your resilience to handle setbacks, adversity, and challenges with confidence."



"What comes from the heart goes to the heart."


"One should learn by considering one's own failures that are a part of life."


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


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


"Those things that challenge the worst in us tend to strengthen the best in us."
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