Quotes about Resilience

Never say of anything that I've lost it, only that Ive given it back.

What would Heracles have been if he had said, How am I to prevent a big lion from appearing, or a big boar, or brutal men? What care you, I say? If a big boar appears, you will have a greater struggle to engage in; if evil men appear, you will free the world from evil men.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions.

I am prepared to show you that you have resources and a character naturally strong and resilient; show me in return what grounds you have for being peevish and malcontent.

So in the field of assent you cannot be hindered or obstructed. 'Evidently.

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

remain steadfast in pursuing your mission, always willing to shed distractions.

End the habit of despising things that are not within your power

No, I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it — or do I have to die moaning and groaning too?

If you make peace with all things that are beyond your power, refusing to fight them, you will be invincible.

It is not the person who insults or attacks you who torments your mind, but the view you take of these things.

I, personally, was never kept from something I wanted, nor had forced upon me something I was opposed to. How did I manage it? I submitted my will to God. He wants me to be sick — well, then, so do I. He wants me to choose something. Then I choose it. He wants me to desire something, I desire it. He wants me to get something, I want the same; or he doesn't want me to get it, and I concur.