Quotes about Resilience

this too shall pass

All I can do is the best I can do. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, then ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

The only difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is the way we address the rocks cast into our path.

If I am killed I can die but once. But to live in constant dread is to die over and over again.

When you have His joy in your heart, it doesn't necessarily mean your pain or hurt will be taken away. It means you'll be able to bear it.

A healthy person can accept criticism.

A very large Oak was uprooted by the wind, and thrown across a stream. It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: I wonder how you, who are so light and weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong winds. They replied: You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we, on the contrary, bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken. Stoop to conquer.

Perseverance is surer than swiftness.

One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: This too shall pass.

Dreams reveal we never quite get 'over' anything: it's all still in there somewhere.

We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.