Quotes about Resilience

Whoever has a why to live can bear almost any how," as the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche declared.

suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.

Nietzsche, "He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.

In some way, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice. Of

In the past, nothing is irretrievably lost, but rather, on the contrary, everything is irrevocably stored and treasured

Whenever there was an opportunity for it, one had to give them a why—an aim—for their lives, in order to strengthen them to bear the terrible how of their existence.

must not lose hope but should keep their courage in the certainty that the hopelessness of our struggle did not detract from its dignity and its meaning. I said that someone looks down on each of us in difficult hours—a friend, a wife, somebody alive or dead, or a God—and he would not expect us to disappoint him. He would hope to find us suffering proudly—not miserably—knowing how to die. And finally

Even if things only take such a good turn in one of a thousand cases, my explanation continues, who can guarantee that in your case it will not happen one day, sooner or later? But in the first place, you have to live to see the day on which it may happen, so you have to survive in order to see that day dawn, and from now on the responsibility for survival does not leave you.

It was in the nature of this sacrifice that it should appear to be pointless in the normal world, the world of material success.

must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you. There is a scene

meaning is possible even in spite of suffering—provided, certainly, that the suffering is unavoidable.