Quotes About Resilience

It is always too soon to quit.

Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there.

You need be defeated only if you are willing to be.

Courage can be many things, but the secret of courage is simply and honestly to admit your feelings of failure. And then with God's help go on and do your job in spite of them.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle

So always picture "success" no matter how badly things seem to be going at the moment.

The secret of life isn't what happens to you but what you do with what happens to you.

It's always too early to quit

Las actitudes son más importantes que los hechos. Ningún hecho, entre todos los que enfrentamos, por arduo o irremediable que parezca, es tan importante como nuestra actitud hacia él. Tu forma de concebir un hecho puede arruinarte antes siquiera de que hagas nada al respecto. Así, podrías permitir que un suceso te abrueme incluso antes de enfrentarlo. Por otro lado, un patrón de pensamiento seguro y optimista puede modificar o trascender ese hecho por completo.

La sensación de seguridad depende del tipo de pensamientos que suelen ocupar tu mente. Si piensas en el fracaso, te condenarás a fracasar. En cambio, si te empeñas en sentir confianza en ti y vuelves esto un hábito permanente, desarrollarás una sensación de capacidad tan firme que superarás todas las dificultades que se te presenten, por graves que sean. La sensación de seguridad produce fortaleza.

Positive thinking looks upon weak places in people as challenging opportunities.

It is a pity," he wrote, "that people should let themselves be defeated by the problems, cares, and difficulties of human existence, and it is quite unnecessary.

They are not easily irritated or annoyed. Some people seem to be able to rise above their irritations and they are fun to be with because they are poised and even-tempered. They seem to live on an upper level emotionally and are not easily riled up. They keep in a good humor and spirit.

It's always too soon to quit!

Positive thinking looks upon weak places in people as challenging opportunities. You can turn them into your strongest points.

Think defeat and you are bound to feel defeated. But practice thinking confident thoughts, make it a dominating habit, and you will develop such a strong sense of capacity that regardless of what difficulties arise, you will be able to overcome them.

Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles; they toughen and make strong.

It is not hard work that drains off energy but emotional upheaval

Grasp a difficulty by the "blade" and it cuts; grasp it by the "handle" and you can use it constructively.

So if you feel that you are defeated and have lost confidence in your ability to win, sit down, take a piece of paper and make a list, not of the factors that are against you, but of those that are for you.

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What, then, shall we say in response to these things?" What things? Why, anything! Disappointment, frustration, nervousness, despair, anxiety, injustice: "What shall we then say to these things?" Well, the answer is . . . "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Isn't that wonderful? That is resonant, that is sturdy, that is the essence of victory.

There was Glenn Cunningham, whose legs were so badly burned as a child that he was told he would not walk again. But he became one of the fastest Olympic milers in history. Glenn Cunningham told me that faith and positive thinking are 85 per cent of an athlete's success;

Lord: "I believe You have a plan for my life, so there must be some purpose in my getting fired. Instead of railing against my fate, I humbly ask You to show me the purpose in what has happened." Once he began to believe there had been a reason and some meaning behind what had happened to him, it was easier to rid himself of resentment against his former employers.