Resilience quotes
Welcome to our collection of quotes on Resilience. Resilience is the remarkable quality that allows individuals to bounce back from adversity, face challenges head-on, and persevere in the face of obstacles. It is the ability to overcome setbacks, adapt to difficult circumstances, and ultimately thrive in the face of adversity.
Resilience is not just about being strong or tough; it also involves emotional strength and mental agility. It is the capacity to stay flexible, learn from failures, and find new ways to navigate life's ups and downs. Whether it is overcoming personal hardships, professional setbacks, or the trials and tribulations of daily life, resilience empowers us to keep moving forward.
Throughout history, countless individuals have demonstrated extraordinary resilience in the face of challenges. These quotes on resilience offer words of wisdom, inspiration, and encouragement from some of the most resilient people in various walks of life. From famous authors, leaders, athletes, and philosophers, their insights shed light on the power of resilience and its transformative impact on our lives.
Read on and be inspired by the stories and philosophies of resilient individuals who have shown us that when faced with adversity, it is not about how many times we fall, but how many times we rise up and keep moving forward. May these quotes on resilience motivate you to embrace challenges, persevere, and discover the strength within you to triumph over any obstacle that comes your way.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistEver morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?
Victor Ortiz
— BoxerWith success comes a lot of failure, and it doesn't matter how many times you fall it just depends on how you get up and keep succeeding.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorI've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterNothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.
Sofia Vergara
— ActressI'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.
Patricia Piccinini
— ArtistI finished VCA at the height of the last big recession in the early 90s, and seeing that I was not going to be able to join one of the dwindling number of commercial galleries, I started an ARI called the Basement Project which ran for three years. Things came a little at a time and all of a sudden it's 20 years later and I'm still making art, which is really all I ever wanted to do.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsHang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
Kathleen McGowan
— Historical Novelist Weaving Spirituality & HistoryAnd remember this most of all: when it is darkest, that is when you can see the stars most clearly.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesYou can't kill a good comic book series.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerIt doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Nigel Sylvester
— Innovative BMX PioneerI'm so used to hate that I'm starting to embrace it.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostThe best advice anybody could have given me was to keep getting up over and over again.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerNo matter how much you screw up your life, you can fix it.
Ciara
— American singerRemind yourself that when things don't go right, everything will be OK. And if you think that, then everything will be.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanI think my song that reminds me of Mama is "I'm A Survivor" because she is one.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelI believe everything negative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can't mope over it. There's only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your past ever catch up with you.
Craig Stone
— English footballerSome days I am the flower beneath the machine. And the machine rolls slowly on, blocking the sun, without a care for what it tramples beneath.
Eli Roth
— American film director, producer, and actorWhen people direct insults at me, I can take it.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerI like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.
Amy Morin
— American AuthorRather than make excuses for their failures, resilient people learn from each mistake. They identify skills, ideas, and life lessons that can be gained from each failed opportunity.
Abhimanyu Singh
— Indian ActorI have learnt the hard way that neither success nor failure last forever.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
— Indian StatesmanWhen we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistIt seems like at some point you'd run out of awful.
Victor Ortiz
— BoxerI've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorMy parents inspired me by their example. They both grew up in the Depression, and both of them had to quit school when they were quite young to work, because there actually was no choice. So they've always impressed me with their resilience, their good spirits, their courage. I just remember them carrying on and just doing their lives. They really made a strong impression on me.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterA writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.
Sofia Vergara
— ActressNever take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsIt is by all odds the loftiest of cities. It even managed to reach the highest point in the sky at the lowest moment of the depression.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerOne mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostWounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerThere’s a benefit to losing, you get to learn from your mistakes.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanI have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.
Bipasha Basu
— Indian actress and modelWhen things have gone really wrong in my life, I've cried like a child. I have really, really cried. I cry it out. Two-three days I cry, and then I'm like, enough, time to deal with reality and figure a way out. This is the way I have dealt with everything.
Eli Roth
— American film director, producer, and actorThe film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerWhen life puts you in tough situations, don’t say ‘Why me?’ just say ‘Try me’
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistI was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorA writer who has published as many books as I have has developed, of necessity, a hide like a rhino's, while inside there dwells a frail, hopeful butterfly of a spirit.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterBlindness has not been for me a total misfortune; it should not be seen in a pathetic way. It should be seen as a way of life: one of the styles of living.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsWhen we think of [John F. Kennedy], he is without a hat, standing in the wind and weather. He was impatient of topcoats and hats, preferring to be exposed, and he was young enough and tough enough to enjoy the cold and the wind of those times.... It can be said of him, as of few men in a like position, that he did not fear the weather, and did not trim his sails, but instead challenged the wind itself, to improve its direction and to cause it to blow more softly and more kindly over the world and its people.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerFailure is not falling down but staying down.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostSuccessful people just don't let failure define them or keep them from doing what they want to do. For example, I'd have people come up to me after my shows, and they'd say they want to do stand-up but are scared they're going to fail. I'd tell them, "You are going to fail, and anyone who is success has powered through many, many failures."
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanHow was I to know that I'd be ok? I thought I'd lose it all when you walked away. How was I to know that I'd be this strong? I had what it takes all along. How was I to know?
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerDon’t focus on the pain. Focus on the progress.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistAnd if your friends make fun of you for chasing your dream, remember—just lie.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorLike most people, I can be very easily hurt.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterOn the floor, and hanging on to the bar, squatted an old man, immobile as an object. His years had reduced and polished him as water does a stone or the generations of men do a sentence.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerDon't let ups and downs leave you down and out.
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanNever have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostSuccess is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerBy 23yrs old, I failed at achieving the biggest dream of my life. My ass was kicked and I was down – but not out. I refused to give up, got back up and pushed on.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistThat was the day my whole world went black. Air looked black. Sun looked black. I laid up in bed and stared at the black walls of my house….Took three months before I even looked out the window, see the world still there. I was surprised to see the world didn’t stop.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorCherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerBelieve in yourself, even when no one else does.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerI grew up where, when a door closed, a window didn't open. The only thing I had was cracks. I'd do everything to get through those cracks - scratch, claw, bite, push, bleed. Now the opportunity is here. The door is wide open, and it's as big as a garage.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorI've always been so interested in personal history. I'm very fascinated by my parents' and my grandparents' generations. I seem to think that they had a resilience and an integrity that may be somewhat deficient in my own generation, and in subsequent generations as well, because America has been rather easy to live in since the Depression.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerWhen you're fired, you're rejected. It's as simple as that.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
— American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler and former American football and Canadian football playerIn 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and I knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I won’t be.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerRough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistI wash my hands, wonder how an awful day could turn even worse. It seems like at some point you'd just run out of awful.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerLife isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerI'm a little shot that just kept on shooting.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerYou'll always get the good news; it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.