This essay is a compilation of quotes and wise words from others. These quotas are meant to evoke and invoke your own personal resilience and faith in yourself when times feel tough and you feel overwhelmed. Read them now and save these quotes for later.
99 Quotes On Resilience And The Indomitable Will Of The Human Spirit
- “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
- “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
- “Because some people see a wall, and assume that’s the end of their journey. Others see it, and decide it’s just the beginning.” – Angeline Trevena
- “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” – Elizabeth Edwards
- “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” – Margaret Thatcher
- “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela
- “She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” – Elizabeth Edwards
- “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou
- “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
- “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
- “When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.” – Jaeda Dewalt
- “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
- “Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” – Jodi Picoult
- “No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear.” – Greg Kincaid
- “My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.” – Paula McLain
- “Grief and resilience live together.” – Michelle Obama
- “So complex is the human spirit that it can itself scarce discern the deep springs which impel it to action.” – Arthur Conan Doyle
- “Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range.” – Gregory Boyle
- “The human spirit is tremendously resilient. It can withstand the most horrific of circumstances, whether of human or divine creation… It is not these larger-than-life situations that beat us. It’s the little things.” - Sheila Williams
