Quotes About Resilience

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.

Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Learn from it... tomorrow is a new day.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

Don't expect anyone to give you anything. If you really believe in something, then fight for it.

Every idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected.

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

You may not be responsible for being down, but you must be responsible for getting up.

Scientists have proven that it's impossible to long-jump 30 feet, but I don't listen to that kind of talk. Thoughts like that have a way of sinking into your feet.

Whenever you fall, pick something up.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

Suddenly you're ripped into being alive. And life is pain, and life is suffering, and life is horror, but my god you're alive and its spectacular.

I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.