Quotes About Resilience

it is a good thing to have to endure an agonizing experience occasionally. It is good to know that we have hit bottom and survived. That makes all our daily problems seem easy by comparison.

Aren't we all like that battling giant of the forest? Don't we manage somehow to survive the rare storms and avalanches and lightning blasts of life, only to let our hearts be eaten out by little beetles of worry—little beetles that could be crushed between a finger and a thumb?

Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

Ulcers frequently flare up or subside according to the hills and valleys of emotional stress.

When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose.

Let's love ourselves so much that we won't permit our enemies to control our happiness, our health, and our looks

Worry is like the constant drip, drip, drip of water; and the constant drip, drip, drip of worry often drives men to insanity and suicide.

Aqueles que mantêm a paz interior em meio ao tumulto da cidade moderna são imunes a doenças nervosas.

rhyme as one of his mottoes: For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none; If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it.

The next time Trouble—with a capital T—backs you up in a corner, try the magic formula of Willis H Carrier: a. Ask yourself, "What is the worst that can possibly happen if I can't solve my problem?" b. Prepare yourself mentally to accept the worst—if necessary. c. Then calmly try to improve upon the worst—which you have already mentally agreed to accept.

Lincoln guardou a carta pois aprendera, por meio de experiências amargas, que críticas duras e reprovações quase nunca geram algo de útil.

Don't give up so easily. Stay the course. Despite what you've been told, you matter and you can accomplish something great.

la vida no es un día en la playa. Le van a mentir, hacer trampa, lo van a culpar, le darán puñaladas por la espalda, se verá desilusionado

Such was the spirit of the immortal Caesar. Why not make it yours, too, as you set out to conquer your fear of audiences? Throw every shred of negative thought into the consuming fires and slam doors of steel upon every escape into the irresolute past.

Quando lhe perguntei por que fez isso, ela respondeu: "Assim eu não teria tempo para a tristeza e a preocupação.

What is the problem? What is the cause of the problem? What are all possible solutions to the problem? What solution do you suggest? "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles." —Charlie Chaplin "Forget the past—the future will give you plenty to worry about." —George Allen, Sr.

Firing employees is not much fun. Getting fired is even less fun.

Even if we can't love our enemies, let's at least love ourselves. Let's love ourselves so much that we won't permit our enemies to control our happiness, our health and our looks. As Shakespeare put it: Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself.

Yes, everyone faces challenges in their lives, and people commonly say it doesn't matter what the challenge is; what matters is how one responds to it.

Rule 2 is: If you have a worry problem, apply the magic formula of Willis H. Carrier by doing these three things: Ask yourself, "What is the worst that can possibly happen?" Prepare to accept it if you have to. Then calmly proceed to improve on the worst.

Todos los hombres tienen temores, pero los valientes los olvidan y van adelante, a veces hasta la muerte, pero siempre hasta la victoria." Ése era el lema de la Guardia Real en la antigua Grecia.

But that's not where the story ends.

prepare to cultivate the habit of life of 'day-tight compartments'.

Be willing to have it so," he said, because"… acceptance of what has happened is the first step in overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.