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Quotes about Resilience

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaint.
— William Osler
When you're blessed, the haters come out. When you wear God's blessings well, don't be surprised if it draws jealousy out on people.
— Joel Osteen
You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.
— Dolly Parton
When we can sing in the face of death, we can sing in the face of anything.
— E Stanley Jones
I strike spurs into my horse. Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!
— Virginia Woolf
I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
Never underestimate the desire to bolt.
— Pema Chodron
Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.
— Thomas a Kempis
I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better.
— Bishop TD Jakes
What others say and do cannot stop you from fulfilling your destiny. Your destiny was handed down by Almighty God.
— Joel Osteen
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
— Andrew Carnegie