“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” MenShouldHumansLongSoulBodyPastFacesWaterEssentialsDignityShould HaveExtremesHuman LifeHardshipStubbornOxygenUnbrokenRetention Book:Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Source: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
“Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's hope displaced their fear and inspired them to work toward their survival, and each success renewed their physical and emotional vigor. Mac's resignation seemed to paralyze him and the less he participated in their efforts to survive, the more he slipped. Though he did the least, as the days passed, it was he who faded the most. Louie and Phil's optimism, and Mac's hopelessness, were becoming self-fulfilling.” MenSelfThreeEffortFateEmotionalBecomingPerceptionSurvivalOptimismInspiredHardshipFulfillingHopelessnessResignationFadedVigorMacsUnbroken Book:Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Source: Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
“I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.” WayWritingStoriesRunningIndividualOvercomingExtraordinaryThemeHardshipVery Deep Author:Laura Hillenbrand
