Resilience Quotes

"Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but the ability to start over."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"You build on failure. Use it as a stepping stone and close the door on the past. Don’t try to forget the mistakes, but don’t dwell on it."

- Johnny Cash

"Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them."

- Louis Armstrong

"I know a lot of people who are struggling musicians; it's a hard life, and I've risked being that. The rewards are tremendous now that I've made it, I thank God every day. But I put it all on the line for it."

- Kid Rock

"I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That would drive me absolutely insane."

- Mike Patton

"God does not burden any soul with more than it can bear."

- Quran 2:286

"For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease."

- Quran

"Indeed, mankind is in loss, Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience."

- Quran

"Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear"

- Quran

"Time doesn’t take away from friendship, nor does separation."

- Tennessee Williams

"False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports."

- Richard Burton

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth."

- Robert Southey

"A real friendship should not fade as time passes, and should not weaken because of space separation."

- John Newton

"My autism is not a disease, it's a challenge."

- Kerry Magro

"Autism is not a roadblock, it's a detour."

- Kerry Magro

"Everyone has a mountain to climb and autism has not been my mountain, it has been my opportunity for victory."

- Rachel Barcellona

"Autism is not a tragedy. It's a challenge that can be met with creativity, courage, and resolve."

- Senator Tom Harkin

"Success is not permanent and failure is not fatal."

- Sir Alex Ferguson

"Life sucks, but in a beautiful kind of way."

- Axl Rose

"You’ve always got to remember, rock and roll’s never been about giving up. For me, for a lot of kids, it was a totally positive force... not optimistic all the time, but positive."

- Bruce Springsteen

"As black women, we’re always given these seemingly devastating experiences—experiences that could absolutely break us. But what the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly. What we do as black women is take the worst situations and create from that point."

- Viola Davis

"To start off with, I am so proud of you. Life hasn’t been too easy on you lately, and I am truly sorry about that. But despite it all, you have managed to keep your head up and continue fighting throughout."

"You are so strong my dear. You have been through a lot and come out on the winning end. The world has tried to break you, but you never let it."

"True friends aren’t the ones who make your problems disappear. They are the ones who won’t disappear when you’re facing problems."

"When it hurts to look back and you’re afraid to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there."

"A strong friendship doesn’t need daily conversation or being together. As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends never part."

"A strong friendship doesn’t need daily conversation, doesn’t always need togetherness, as long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends will never part."

"The most marvelous, unbelievable thing about Black people in America is that they exist. Every imaginable monstrosity that evil can conjure has been inflicted on this population, yet they have not been extinguished."

"Black people always found a way in the most miserable circumstances. If we didn't, we'd have been exterminated by the white man long ago."

"No matter how often you fall from grace, what matters most is how many times you get up."