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Quotations about resilience

It's not a field, I think, for people who need to have success every day: if you can't live with a nightly sort of disaster, you should get out. I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that. . . the ghosts you chase you never catch.

 - John Malkovich

Tags:   acting  resilience  theatre  

Banana YpshimotoAs I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed.

 - Banana Yoshimoto

Tags:   age  depression  resilience  suffering  

Arthur SchopenhauerWhat a man can do and suffer is unknown to himself till some occasion presents itself which draws out the hidden power. Just as one sees not in the water of an unruffled pond the fury and roar with which it can dash down a steep rock without injury to itself, or how high it is capable of rising; or as little as one can suspect the latent heat in ice-cold water.

 - Arthur Schopenhauer

Tags:   resilience  strength  suffering  

Winston ChurchillWe shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

 - Winston Churchill

Tags:   determination  resilience  strength  war  

Sheryl SandburgYou are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process you will figure out who you really are -- and you just might become the very best version of yourself.

 - Sheryl Sandburg

Tags:   exercise  resilience  

David GogginsEverything in life is a mind game! Whenever we get swept under by life's dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.

 - David Goggins

Tags:   challenges  failure  resilience