Resiliance Quotes

“It is not the failure that holds us back but the reluctance to begin over again that causes us to stagnate.”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves

“Then, while the other members of my family were waiting in the living room, my mom pulled me aside at the top of the stairs.

"Before it gets too crazy, I need to tell you something," she said...

"Elizabeth, what this man has done is terrible. There aren't any words that are strong enough to describe how wicked and evil he is! He has taken nine months of your life that you will never get back again. But the best punishment you could ever give him is to be happy. To move forward with your life. To do exactly what you want. Because, yes, this will probably go to trial and some kind of sentencing will be given to him and that wicked woman. But even if that's true, you may never feel like justice has been served or that true restitution has been made.

"But you don't need to worry about that. At the end of the day, God is our ultimate judge. He will make up to you every pain and loss that you have suffered. And if it turns out that these wicked people are not punished here on Earth, it doesn't matter. His punishments are just. You don't ever have to worry. You don't ever have to even think about them again. ...

“You be happy, Elizabeth. Just be happy. If you go and feel sorry for yourself, or if you dwell on what has happened, if you hold on to your pain, that is allowing him to steal more of your life away. So don't you do that! Don't you let him! There is no way he deserves that. Not one more second of your life. You keep every second for yourself. You keep them and be happy. God will take care of the rest.”

It's been ten years since my mother said those words.

The years have proved she was right.”
― Elizabeth Smart, My Story

“He swallowed down the dry choking sobs which had been heaving up from his heart hitherto ...”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“We have to make myths of our lives; it is the only way to live them without despair. ...The inner world, the world of poetry, is as much nourished by the bad times as by anything.”
― May Sarton, Plant Dreaming Deep

“My mum used to call me Tigger,’ she said. ‘She used to say, you’re like Tigger, you are, no matter how hard you fall, you always bounce back.”
― Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10

“A tormentor forces his victims to be hardy.”
― Amos Tutuola, Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty

“Didn't anyone ever tell you that endurance, that resilience, that *strength* looks so different on us all? On some it looks like still waters and on others it looks like a dam bursting as the water falls.”
― Nikitia Gill

“Lead from who you are, not where you are.”
― Lisa Olson, The Power of P: A Neuroscience-based Guide to Leadership, Resilience, and Purpose-driven Success.