Quotes about Resilience
Every successful person is someone who failed, yet never regarded himself as a failure.
— John Maxwell
There is no achievement without failure.
— John Maxwell
Contentment is taking your present situation—whatever obstacles you are facing, whatever limitation you are living with, whatever chronic condition wears you down, whatever has smashed your dreams, whatever factors and circumstances in life tend to push you under—and admitting you don't like it but never saying, "I can't cope with it.
— John Maxwell
The only thing that walks back from the tomb with the mourners and refuses to be buried is the character of a man. This is true. What a man is survives him. It can never be buried. -J. R. MILLER
— John Maxwell
Positive thinking does not always change our circumstances, but it will always change us. When we are able to think right about tough situations, then our journeys through life become
— John Maxwell
If you want to be successful as a leader, you need to learn to become comfortable with uncertainty and make shifts continually.
— John Maxwell
Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly. Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.
— John Maxwell
Failure isn't failure if you do better the next time.
— John Maxwell
Successful leaders are like icebergs. When you look at an iceberg, you see only about 10 percent of it, and the rest of it is hidden under the water. When you look at successful leaders, you see only a fraction of their lives. You see the part that looks really good, but there's usually a lot that remains hidden that's neither exciting nor glamorous.
— John Maxwell
Author George Matthew Adams stated, "What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you." Every problem introduces you to yourself. It shows you how you think and what you're made of.
— John Maxwell
More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.
— John Maxwell
Adversity doesn't build character; it reveals it.
— John Maxwell