Quotes About Resilience

It hurts now, but I'll love this memory, I thought to myself. And I do.

He said, "Don, when something hard happens to you, you have two choices in how to deal with it. You can either get bitter, or better. I chose to get better. It's made all the difference.

Here's a thing I've noticed: the greatest leaders, the ones who impact the world the most, are somehow able to turn the other cheek. It's as though they believe so solidly in love, so robustly in forgiveness, they have the ability to forgive and even love those who attack them.

Some people skip through life; some people are dragged through it.

the great stories go to those who don't give in to fear.

joy costs pain.

Human beings collect physical, emotional, and social resources that help them survive in the world.

The point is this: if you don't tell somebody how you can help them survive, they will set you aside—or worse, discard you.

Pain can serve a purpose if we cause it to. Again, while we do not have power over all that happens in the world, we do have power over our perspective. We can choose to take unfair and undue pain and cause it to serve our own story so that we become better. So that we transform.

All of us, from time to time, aren't treated fairly, but it's the heroes who overcome their oppressors to accomplish their important mission.

among the million things the brain is good at, the overriding function of the brain is to help an individual survive and thrive.

All great stories are about survival—either physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual.

Challenges. We must embrace challenges rather than avoid them. 2.Obstacles. We must persist through obstacles rather than give up. 3.Effort. We must see effort as a path to mastery rather than as a fruitless endeavor. 4.Criticism. We must learn from criticism rather than ignoring useful feedback. 5.Success of others. We must be inspired by the success of others rather than feeling threatened.

If we begin our day believing life is supposed to be easy, we will certainly have a terrible day. Life is not easy, nor was it ever supposed to be.

The point of a story is never about the ending, remember. It's about your character getting molded in the hard work of the middle.

There needs to be a question as to whether the character will make it, whether he will defeat the enemy or the enemy will defeat him.

1.    Overcoming objections. Look for (or ask for)

He highlighted the aspects of his course that would help parents survive and thrive

you down by forcing you to be

La gente siempre elegirá una historia que la ayude a sobrevivir y prosperar.

Tell Me I can't and I will

All great stories are about survival—either physical, emotional, relational, or spiritual. A story about anything else won't work to captivate an audience.

When we're waiting for a story get started, we're really waiting for a problem the hero has to overcome. We're waiting for something tough or difficult or scary or painful to happen.

I could be judging unfairly, but all the people I've met who've really changed from unhealthy to healthy have a story, a story about hitting rock bottom, realizing what they were doing wrong, and radically changing the way they live so they don't repeat their mistakes. Characters only change when they live through a story.