Resilience Quotes

"You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all."

- J. Askenberg

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

- Yogi Berra

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but how they can recover when they fall."

- Serena Williams

"As athletes, we have ups and downs. Unfortunately, you can't pick the days they come on."

- Deena Kastor

"One thing about championship teams is that they’re resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity."

- Nick Saban

"Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up."

- Rocky Balboa

"I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

- Michael Jordan

"Mate, if that’s the case you’re going to perform well a very, very small portion of the time."

- Peter Clarke

"I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do."

- Miguel Indurain

"This struggle is real. The juggle is real. That’s why everyone should hire working mothers. They are put in crazy situations all the time and are forced to problem-solve. They are some of my most resourceful employees."

- Sara Blakely

"I think every working mom probably feels the same thing: You go through big chunks of time where you’re just thinking, ‘This is impossible – oh, this impossible.’ And then you just keep going, and you sort of do the impossible."

- Tina Fey

"Get rid of the guilt. When you’re at one place, don’t feel bad that you’re not at work. When you’re at work, don’t feel bad that you’re not at home."

- Katie Couric

"There’s always going to be bad stuff out there. But here’s the amazing thing light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can’t stick the dark into the light."

- Jodi Picoult

"Don’t wait until everything is just right [..] There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger…"

- Mark Victor Hansen

"The women whom I love and admire for their strength and grace did not get that way because shit worked out. They got that way because shit went wrong, and they handled it. They handled it in a thousand different ways on a thousand different days, but they handled it. Those women are my superheroes."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"For Every Reason It’s Not Possible, There Are Hundreds Of People Who Have Faced The Same Circumstances And Succeeded."

- Jack Canfield

"Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward."

- T.D. Jakes

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places."

- Ernest Hemingway

"‘But man is not made for defeat,’ he said. ‘A man can be destroyed but not defeated.’"

- Ernest Hemingway

"Keep Going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end."

- Roy T. Bennett

"It’s not about how many times you fall down, it’s about how many times you get back up."

"Every setback is a setup for a greater comeback."

"Victory is not found in the absence of challenges but in the perseverance through them."

"Rise from the ashes of failure, for every fall is an opportunity to soar higher."

"Fortify your spirit with resilience; it’s the armor against adversity."

"Every setback is a stepping stone to a greater comeback; rise and rebuild."

"Hang in there! It's Thursday. You’re just one day away from your reward for surviving the week."

- Unknown

"You’re going to lose sometimes and that’s ok. You only fail if you don’t get back up and try again."