It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.
When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.
You think maybe if you just work harder and faster, you can hold off the chaos, but then one day you’re changing a patio light bulb with a five-year life span and you realize how you’ll only be changing this light maybe ten more times before you’ll be dead.
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
Though I can't change what happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up.
Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language of the survivor.
Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.
You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.
A scar is a sign of strength. . .the sign of a survivor.
I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me.
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
In modern warfare there are no victors; there are only survivors.
The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.
It's about realizing, painfully, you've kept that voice inside yourself, locked away from even yourself. And you step back and see that your jailer has changed faces. You realize you've become your own jailer.
It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.
You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say?
The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But, the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the beloved community.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
Anything in life worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards.
During chemo, you're more tired than you've ever been. It's like a cloud passing over the sun, and suddenly you're out. But you also find that you're stronger than you've ever been. You're clear. Your mortality is at optimal distance, not up so close that it obscures everything else, but close enough to give you depth perception. Previously, it has taken you weeks, months, or years to discover the meaning of an experience. Now it's instantaneous.
There's a storm inside of us. I've heard many team guys speak of this. A burning. A river. A drive.
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