resilience
“All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.”
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.”
“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”
“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”
“I have often been downcast, but never in despair.”
“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”
“How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.”
“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through.”
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.”
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.”
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
“Be gracious in your prosperity, and steadfast in your adversity.”
“Keep passing the open windows.”
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.”
“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”