Quotes About Resilience

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.

Strange that creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.

I think the reason why I'm the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.

As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.

The Negro's problem will not be solved by running away.

Be patient with your boaters and let them rant. Most of them will get over it come December.

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

Quitting is leading too.

It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.

A winning strategy must include losing.

Silence your critics. Ignore your haters. Delete your cynics.

I do. That is character!

Learn to be difficult when it counts

After the final no there comes a yes And on that yes the future world depends.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

Those that yield are not always weak

Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge

Without a whole lot of pressure, a diamond is just a piece of coal.

The bumps are what you climb on.

Your suffering is something you choose. Experience it fully. Without it you will not achieve personal growth and higher consciousness.

I have lived on a razors edge. So what if you fall off. I'd rather be doing something I wanted to do. I'd walk it again.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .