Sheri Fink Quotes

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

But this country is a great country and will always rebound.

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

Remember to play after every storm.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

This is a physical thing that is fixable. I know, I'm a survivor. Believe me, there was no way I thought I could survive. There are answers out there that need to be found.

We've all fallen, but at the same time we're not broken. There is the hint that we are going to get up again.

Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.

Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories.

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.

Nurses told my mother that I was going to be OK. They thought I could walk without a limp and without a brace. And we stopped in a shoe store on the way home and bought a pair of low-top saddle Oxford shoes, which was sort of a symbol that I was going to be a normal little boy.

I think it's about not just the crisis you're in, but how do you get to the other side? How do we heal? How do we survive this experience while remaining hopeful instead of filled with despair? That's what interests me.

It took me a long time to write again because Katrina destroyed the home I loved, and that robbed me of hope.

Sometimes when really terrible things happen, something beautiful emerges out of it.

I am here today as an example to all that have gone through a personal hell or are going through it right now, whatever that hell might be for you, that you can become whole again. In fact, you can become stronger than you ever thought possible.

Everybody has losses, and sometimes they're worse than others, but you can always bounce back.

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