Quotes about Resilience
Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being free from flatterers.
— Samuel Johnson
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
— Samuel Johnson
Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us.
— Mary Baker Eddy
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
— Tertullian
If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.
— Lou Holtz
Courage is the right disposition toward fear.
— Anonymous
Human Salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
— Henry Ward Beecher
To lose Is to learn.
— Anonymous
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee, All things are passing, God changeth never.
— Teresa of Avila
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
— Euripides