Resilience Quotes

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

- Frederick Douglass

"It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur"

- Meridel Le Sueur

"Honey doesn’t lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting"

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"It was the bumble bee and the butterfly who survived, not the dinosaur."

- Meridel Le Sueur

"Honey doesn’t lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking."

- James Patterson

"You don't go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be."

- Nigella Lawson

"We do not have to rely on memories to recapture the spirit of those we have loved and lost – they live within our souls in some perfect sanctuary which even death cannot destroy."

- Nan Witcomb

"You will lose someone you can't live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn't seal back up. And you come through. It's like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly - that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp."

- Anne Lamott

"In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they'd learned to swim."

- U2 'Until The End Of The World'

"You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp."

- Anne Lamott

"Never. We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don’t disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms."

- Paulo Coelho

"I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone—you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence."

- Alyson Noel

"It’s possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief … lessens."

- Nicholas Sparks

"Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people. Because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. Let no man slow, speed, or fix."

- Max Porter

"can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."

- Robert Frost

"Hockey is a metaphor for life. You have to be willing to get knocked down and get back up."

- Mike Eruzione

"The bee is praised, the fly is swatted. Yet both are just trying to survive."

"Take this time to heal and come back with a vengeance."

- Unknown

"Every injury is a reminder of how much you love the game."

- Unknown

"Injuries are just a temporary setback. Come back stronger."

- Unknown

"Injury may slow you down, but it won’t stop your spirit."

- Unknown

"Rest, recover, and come back better than ever."

- Unknown

"Injury is not the end; it’s just a new beginning."

- Unknown

"Stay positive, work hard, and trust the healing process."

- Unknown

"Every injury is an opportunity to come back stronger."

- Unknown

"Injuries are just a part of the journey. Keep moving forward."

- Unknown

"Focus on recovery and visualize your return to the ice."

- Unknown

"Injury is temporary, but your passion for the game is permanent."

- Unknown

"Use this time to grow mentally and physically stronger."

- Unknown