Quotes About Resilience

What, for instance, does it mean to be insulted? [29] Stand by a rock and insult it, and what have you accomplished? If someone responds to insult like a rock, what has the abuser gained with his invective? If, however, he has his victim's weakness to exploit, then his efforts are worth his while.

Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law. And if any instance of pain or pleasure, glory or disgrace, be set before you, remember that now is the combat, now the Olympiad comes on, nor can it be put off; and that by one failure and defeat honor may be lost or—won.

But to be hanged—is that not unendurable? Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself.

And the way to be free is to let go of anything that is not within your control.

We aren't filled with fear except by things that are bad; and not by them, either, as long as it is in our power to avoid them.

Don't concern yourself with other people's business. It's his problem if he receives you badly. And you cannot suffer for another person's fault. So don't worry about the behavior of other.

Why are you pestering me, pal? My own evils are enough for me.

Faced with pain, you will discover the power of endurance. If you are insulted, you will discover patience. In time, you will grow to be confident that there is not a single impression that you will not have the moral means to tolerate.

I have learned to see that whatever comes about is nothing to me if it lies beyond the sphere of choice.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life. IX

On the occasion of every accident (event) that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.

Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.

Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things. Death

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things.

understand that every event is indifferent and nothing to you, of whatever sort it may be; for it will be in your power to make a right use of it, and this no one can hinder.

Whoever chafes at the conditions dealt by fate is unskilled in the art of life; whoever bears with them nobly and makes wise use of the results is a man who deserves to be considered good.

Every circumstance comes with two handles, which one of which you can hold it, while with the other conditions are insupportable.

End the habit of despising things that are not within your power, and apply your aversion to things that are within your power.

Älä pyri siihen, että kaikki tapahtuisi kuten haluat, vaan halua kaiken tapahtuvan niin kuin se tapahtuu. Silloin elämäsi on tasaista virtaa.

But first consider how much more sparing and patient of hardship the poor are than we.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Seek not for events to happen as you wish but rather wish for events to happen as they do and your life will go smoothly.

You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer.