resilience
“our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
- confucius
christopher robin to pooh: “promise me you’ll always remember: you’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
- a. a. milne
“courage doesn’t always roar. sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”
- mary anne radmacher
“healing is a matter of time, but sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
- hypocrites 460 – 400 b.c.
“fall seven times, stand up eight.”
- japanese proverb
“things don’t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. they happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all you were intended to be.”
- charlie “tremendous” jones
“we rely upon the poets, the philosophers and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. they illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope. they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. whenever I find my courage wavering I rush to them. they give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on.”
- helen hayes
this was brought over from the former blog…
the best comment was:
Nothing profound to say. I just wanted to say that whenever I see the word “resilience” I always mentally substitute the word “Brazilians”. I find it funny, anyway.
to which I responded:
Oh dear - I *really* laughed out loud at that and am now thinking “I have Brazilians!”