Ellen Swallow Richards Quotes

When the going gets tough, the tough take a nap.

In the intervals between battles, the Warrior rests.

A star needs all the rest she can get.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

When I finally finished the 'Two Suns' tour, which went on for quite a long time, I felt like a bit of a husk. And I remember thinking, 'I need to spend some time in one place, and just be at home.' So I guess the first year of that three and a half years was spent just trying to kind of get back to normal again.

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.

As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.

Are you weary? Catch your breath. Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired.

I don't get tired. I get beat up. You keep chopping on a tree, you need to give the tree some rest so the chlorophyll will fill back up and the tree gets its energy back.

Take a good rest, small bird," he said. "Then go in and take your chance like any man or bird or fish.

A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one.

It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break.

It's amazing to me that we live in such a wonderful country where anyone can have a problem in life and get up, dust themselves off and start all over again.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

America always recovers.

These past years, as we have been recovering and given our city a rebirth, we have been encouraged by our faith, knowledge, and steadfast belief that we will pull through. There will be challenges and setbacks, as there have already been, but we will continue, and we the citizens of New Orleans will prevail in bringing our city back.

Survival is nothing more than recovery.

Hard times always lead to something great.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

When you bottom out, you have to stand up and get going again.

No matter what hard thing you may go through or what kind of pain you may go through there is still hope.

I often get very tired but I'll just have a good sleep and a day off and then I'm fine to go again.