852 Quotes About Resilience

And I know that there are black boys and black girls out there lost in a Bermuda triangle of the mind or stranded in the doldrums of America, some of them treading and some of them drowning, never feeling and never forgetting. The most precious thing I had then is the most precious thing I have now—my own curiosity. That is the thing I knew, even in the classroom, they could not take from me. That is the thing that buoyed me and eventually plucked me from the sea.

Extreme darkness rekindles the radiant flame of the human spirit. You are much stronger than you think.

If we could bottle resilience such as yours, it would be a powerful elixir, indeed.

Sometimes," said the horse"Sometimes what?" asked the boy."Sometimes just getting up and carrying on is brave and magnificent.

We have endless opportunities to get bruised by life and then to strengthen in our recovery from it all. And from that kind of activity comes something most precious: confidence. We become indefatigable. Ever more courageous. Outrageously courageous, even. And this is but a glimpse of what’s possible for us all.

I think to love bravely is the best and accept—as much as one can bear

Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don't yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible.

Grief is less like a predictable sequence and more like an amorphous blob of uncertainty. You can’t forecast your way out of grief, because there’s no way to determine when the next wave is coming. This may seem disheartening at first, but when you recognize that there is no structure for grief, you can stop trying to pinpoint exactly where you are on your journey. If there’s no road map, it’s impossible to be lost.

Tenter, braver, persister, persévérer, s’être fidèle à soi-même, prendre corps à corps le destin, étonner la catastrophe par le peu de peur qu’elle nous fait, tantôt affronter la puissance injuste, tantôt insulter la victoire ivre, tenir bon, tenir tête.