Quotes About Resilience

Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way.

I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.

There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.

Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.

The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.

Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.

Loneliness is a required course for leadership.

Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease.

Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.

Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean cannot be had.

Flexibility in a time of great change is a vital quality of leadership.

Fail early, fail often, but always fail forward.

Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are.

Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.

Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam... These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

Purpose is a soft virtue- but it's what gives you steel in your spine.

We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.

Leadership is about uncertainty. Deal with it

Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.

My leadership began to take flight when I allowed myself to press people to change-whether they thanked me or cursed me.

Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.