Challenges & Adversity: Resilience Quotes

"Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist, who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger"

Michael N. Castle, Politician

"Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating"

Laurel Lee

"The greatest fight is when you are fighting in the smoke and cannot see with your eyes"

Mark Helprin, Novelist

"Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease. But out of those situations always arise stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things"

Daryn Kagan, Entertainer

"He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity"

Philip Massinger, Playwright

"The pressures, having grown up in this business, can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind"

Keenen Ivory Wayans, Comedian

"You find yourself in this place where you really get to find out what you're made of, and what I found was that when I was at my time of greatest need, there were people who appeared in my life, and helped me through it"

Kathy Mattea, Musician

"I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin"

Manfred von Richthofen, Aviator

"As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster"

Thomas Guthrie, Clergyman

"There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance"

Rachel Griffiths, Actress

"I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food"

Frank McCourt, Author

"I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again"

Chris LeDoux, Musician

"To have character is to be big enough to take life on"

Mary Richards

"I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life"

Compay Segundo, Musician

"People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set"

Joanna Newsom, Musician

"I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much"

Ione Skye, Actress

"In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is"

Christiaan Barnard, Scientist

"Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind"

Frank Harris, Author

"I think that it is our intention to deny cancer any control over us"

Elizabeth Edwards, Lawyer

"Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"When we have done our best, we can, as a united people, take whatever may befall with calm courage and confidence that this old nation will survive, and if death should come to many of us, death is not the end"

Eamon de Valera, Statesman

"You've got to have steel in you somewhere"

Alan Bates, Actor

"When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away"

Andy Roddick, Athlete

"First of all, we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated"

Mitchell Reiss, Diplomat

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