Quotes about Resilience
You must do it alone.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Unless a man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Greatness comes only to those who seek not how to avoid obstacles, but how to overcome them.
— Theodore Roosevelt
There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us…it is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it that counts.
— Theodore Roosevelt
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
— Theodore Roosevelt
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The longer I live the more I think of the quality of fortitude... men who fall, pick themselves up and stumble on, fall again, and are trying to get back up when they die.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission and in the end it shall carry you.
— Thomas a Kempis
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
— Thomas a Kempis
Be not angry that you cannot make another what you wish them to be; since you cannot make yourself what you wish to be.
— Thomas a Kempis