Resilience

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others.

My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

There are no gains without pains;

The soft overcomes the hard; and the weak the strong.

Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

Upon every accident, remember to turn toward yourself and inquire what faculty you have for its use.

Remember that all is but opinion and conceit,

The course of true love never did run smooth.

And though she be but little, she is fierce.

The farther you go, the higher the mountains.

After hardship comes joy.

Would a carefully built tower collapse?

The ground grows firmer after rain.

Beyond one mountain lies another.

Time is medicine.

No tree withstands ten strokes of the axe.

Even straw sandals have a matching pair.

Plucking a star from the sky.

Even if the sky falls, there is a hole to escape through.

Even a mouse hole has a day of sunshine.

Would fear of maggots keep you from making sauce?

Like a dog staring at the roof after chasing a chicken.

Every man stood firm; and at our last meeting, we pledged ourselves afresh, in the most solemn manner, that, at the time appointed, we would certainly start in pursuit of freedom.

There are a good many hard times in this life of ours, but we can always bear them if we ask help in the right way.