Resilience quotes

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Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together. Marilyn Monroe
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace
I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. Florence Nightingale
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Denis Waitley
What is to give light must endure burning. Viktor E. Frankl
I am thankful for the difficult people in my life. They have shown me exactly who I do not want to be. Author Unknown
Sometimes the strongest people in the morning are those who cried all night. Author Unknown
There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis
Sometimes you don't realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness. Susan Gale
When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. Haruki Murakami
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. Christopher Reeve
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Molière
On particularly rough days when I'm sure I can't possibly endure, I like to remind myself that my track… Author Unknown
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. Elizabeth Edwards
The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. Japanese Proverb
I survived because I refused to be erased. Author Unknown
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. Elizabeth Edwards
Trust yourself. You have survived a lot, and you will survive whatever is coming. Author Unknown
Crisis can be a wonderful opportunity to act creatively rather than to fall apart. Maxwell Maltz
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. Ernest Hemingway
The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times. Paulo Coelho
Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting. Khaled Hosseini
Arrange whatever pieces come your way. Virginia Woolf
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. Albert Camus
And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through. But one thing is certain. When you… Haruki Murakami
Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn't know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she… Delia Owens
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. Mary Shelley
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. Victor Hugo
To bear up under loss; to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief. Robert Louis Stevenson
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov
There is no shame in falling down; the shame is in not getting up. Yasunari Kawabata
No one is finished while they have the strength to do what they know is right. Terry Pratchett
If a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them. Amor Towles
We must imagine Sisyphus happy. Albert Camus
If you conceive of the universe as a constant struggle, you will be a warrior. Paulo Coelho
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. Rainer Maria Rilke
We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. Isabel Allende
They also serve who only stand and wait. John Milton
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose. Rumi
It's the moment you think you can't that you realize you can. Celeste Ng
Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. Brandon Sanderson
There's always a way, if you're not too busy whining about how things should be. Brandon Sanderson
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. Neil Gaiman
Memories are our reservoir of strength. Neil Gaiman
Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can. Robert Jordan
When we say the world has ended, it's usually a lie, because the planet is just fine. N.K. Jemisin
Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste. Leigh Bardugo
No mourners. No funerals. Leigh Bardugo
You learn, you survive, you keep going. Naomi Novik
Past tears are present strength. George MacDonald
The wind does not break a tree that bends. Guy Gavriel Kay
She had survived. That was its own kind of triumph. R.F. Kuang
If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse. Holly Black
We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue. Tomi Adeyemi
Only you can decide what breaks you. Sarah J. Maas
She was a survivor. And she would not be broken. Sarah J. Maas
Never quit. Never give up. Never accept that things cannot be changed. Terry Brooks
Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. Peter S. Beagle
Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. William Goldman
Dreams don't come true. Dreams die. Then you make new dreams. Laini Taylor
I am the mountain that cannot be moved. Rae Carson
You push something into the air, the air pushes you back. Brandon Sanderson
It is by avoiding the rapid decay of unnecessary suffering that we keep ourselves alive. Ursula K. Le Guin
Pain is a reminder that you survived. Sarah J. Maas
Don't let the hard days win. Sarah J. Maas
Nothing burns like the cold. George R.R. Martin
Your dranxil is showing. It means strength, in this case, strength of will. Brandon Sanderson
I am not a hero. I am simply a man who refuses to give up. Brandon Sanderson
The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. J.R.R. Tolkien
What cannot be changed must be endured. Robert Jordan
To bear what must be borne is the price of a long memory. Patricia McKillip
Failure isn't an end. It's a step. Brandon Sanderson
It's the gnarled and twisted tree that survives the storm. Robert Jordan
Suffering is cheap as clay and twice as common. What matters is what each man makes of it. Leigh Bardugo
She'd laughed, and if you could laugh, you still had something. Leigh Bardugo
Pain is a reminder that we are alive, that we have something worth fighting for. Sarah J. Maas
You cannot kill me in a way that matters. V.E. Schwab
It is not the strength of the body, but the strength of the spirit. J.R.R. Tolkien
We must try not to sink beneath our anguish, but battle on. J.K. Rowling
There are no men more dangerous than the ones with nothing left to lose. Mark Lawrence
The thing about a fight is that it doesn't care what you intended. Mark Lawrence
Strength of body is nothing compared to strength of will. Raymond E. Feist
I had been old and stern and strong. I had carried fears like stones in my chest. Madeline Miller
Some worlds are built on a fault line of pain, held up by nightmares. N.K. Jemisin
You're the strongest person I know. Holly Black
Sometimes the journey is harder than you imagined, but that is no reason to turn back. Brandon Sanderson
The end approaches. We do not choose our seasons, but we choose how we weather them. Brandon Sanderson
We all bear scars. Mine just happen to be more visible than most. Sarah J. Maas
Saints, he was a fool to feel anything at all in this gray, hopeless place. Leigh Bardugo
We are all bound to the wheel, Roland, but we go on. Stephen King
Hardship can prepare an ordinary person for a remarkable destiny. Brandon Mull
You're stronger than you know. Kristin Cashore
I have learned a great many things from living in the dark. Tahereh Mafi
There is strength in the breaking. Renée Ahdieh
Stand fast. Even if you fall, fall fighting. Tamora Pierce
That's the only thing I have to give. The same dream, every night. The horror of being eaten alive, and… Marissa Meyer
Sometimes you have to do things you hate, so you can survive to fight another day. Marissa Meyer
Even in the face of disaster, the world goes on. Robert Jordan
Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind. Robert Jordan
Our lives are not always what we want them to be. But we always have the choice of how to face them. Brandon Sanderson
Despair is a luxury we cannot afford. Brandon Sanderson
That which yields is not always weak. Jacqueline Carey
The world was made of cruelties layered like an onion. N.K. Jemisin
You have to take what you're given and make the best of it. Robin Hobb
There is no use blaming the storm. It is far better to fix the boat. Brian Jacques
There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you're useless, and the kind that fires your… Sabaa Tahir
The strongest of us are not those who never break, but those who break and learn to live anyway. Sabaa Tahir
I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war. Pierce Brown
Even the most beautiful things can be broken. Victoria Aveyard
You're not weak. You just haven't found your strength yet. Mercedes Lackey
A change is as good as a rest, they say. The trouble is, it's also as tiring. Terry Pratchett
Wear your failures as a badge of honor. They mean you tried. Neil Gaiman
There is something to be said for endurance. Leigh Bardugo
A wise woman knows that the world will not bend to her will, so she learns to bend with it. Katherine Arden
A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. Mark Lawrence
Sometimes, the only way forward is through the dark. Ransom Riggs
Each of us must walk through our own fire. Brandon Sanderson
It is not the burden that breaks you; it is the way you carry it. Brandon Sanderson
Stories are how we survive what we cannot otherwise bear. Terry Pratchett

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