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Resilience9 quotes
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889I bend but do not break. — Jean de La Fontaine · 1668You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise. — Maya Angelou · 1978Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind... But we won't break. — Fred Rogers · 2003But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius · 180All 9 quotes →Inner strength3 quotes
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise. — Maya Angelou · 1978Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Don't let the bastards grind you down. — Margaret Atwood · 1985Adversity1 quote
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Character1 quote
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Defeat1 quote
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Foundations1 quote
The winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. — Jesus · 60Hard times1 quote
Ain't a hard time been invented that I cannot handle. — Donald Breedan · 1995Human nature1 quote
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Overcoming adversity1 quote
What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. — Friedrich Nietzsche · 1889Perseverance1 quote
But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated. — Ernest Hemingway · 1952Relationships1 quote
Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind... But we won't break. — Fred Rogers · 2003Sermon on the Mount1 quote
The winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. — Jesus · 60Support1 quote
Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind... But we won't break. — Fred Rogers · 2003Support from others1 quote
Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind... But we won't break. — Fred Rogers · 2003