Quotes about Resilience

If you continue in this direction you are likely to experience wearisomeness, painfulness, hunger, perils, nakedness, sword, lions, dragons, darkness, and, in a word, death, and who knows what else.

Some who set out for this crown, even after they have gone quite a long ways, allow others who come along to snatch their victory from them. So hold fast to what you have, and let no man take away your crown.' You are not yet out of reach of the gunshot of the Devil.

He who is down, needs fear no fall; He who is low, has no pride. He who is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide.

My foes have missed their mark in this shooting at me: I am not the man: I wish that they themselves be guiltless.  If all the fornicators and adulterers in England were hanged up by the neck till they be dead, John Bunyan, the object of their envy, would be still alive and well. 

The grace He supplies ignites the soul of His people like a roaring fire that, despite the devil's best efforts, will never be extinguished. This is a difficult concept for man to understand—that even when we are tempted, Christ is doing all the work by supplying the grace we need to stand firm.

Though the hill is high, I still desire to walk up it. I don't care how difficult it is, because I understand that it leads to the way of life. Cheer up heart and don't grow faint or fear, because even if it is difficult, it is better to go this way because it is the right way, for while the wrong way is easier, it ends in anguish.

One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.

God uses people who fail—'cause there aren't any other kind around.

Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

People change when they ... Hurt enough that they have to, Learn enough that they want to, and Receive enough that they are able to.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

You can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action. If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it.