Resilience Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old resilience quotes, resilience sayings, and resilience proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain. Emil Dorian
No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength if we have the virtue of resilience. Eric Greitens
We all have battles to fight. And it's often in those battles that we are most alive. It's on the frontlines of our lives that we earn wisdom, create joy, forge friendships, discover happiness, find love, and do purposeful work. Eric Greitens
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. Ernest Hemingway
Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems. Gever Tulley
On the other side of a storm is the strength that comes from having navigated through it. Raise your sail and begin. Gregory S. Williams
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened to us. Helen Keller
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else. Henry Ward Beecher
Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life. J.K. Rowling
Resilience isn't a single skill. It's a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive. Jean Chatzky
There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who do not. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. José N. Harris
The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity. Joshua Waitzkin
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls the most massive characters are seared with scars. Kahlil Gibran
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance, never settle for the path of least resistance. Lee Ann Womack
You must bear losses like a soldier, the voice told me, bravely and without complaint, and just when the day seems lost, grab your shield for another stand, another thrust forward. That is the juncture that separates heroes from the merely strong. Margaret George
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher
Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up. Mary Holloway
Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. Mary Oliver
I can be changed by what happens to me. I can also refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
Grief and resilience live together. Michelle Obama
My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon. Mizuta Masahide
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. Nelson Mandela
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. Og Mandino
Experience life in all possible ways good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become. Osho
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived. Robert Jordan
No matter how bleak or menacing a situation may appear, it does not entirely own us. It can't take away our freedom to respond, our power to take action. Ryder Carroll
My scars remind me that I did indeed survive my deepest wounds. That in itself is an accomplishment. And they bring to mind something else, too. They remind me that the damage life has inflicted on me has, in many places, left me stronger and more resilient. What hurt me in the past has actually made me better equipped to face the present. Steve Goodier
Life doesn't get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. Steve Maraboli
Note to self, every time you were convinced you couldn't go on, you did. unknown