Quotes about Resilience

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.

Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.

I would go to the deeps a hundred times to cheer a downcast spirit. It is good for me to have been afflicted, that I might know how to speak a word in season to one that is weary.

When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

Real integrity stays in place whether the test in adversity or prosperity.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.