Resilience Quotes

"I never thought of losing, but now that it’s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life."

- Muhammad Ali

"Inside or a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong."

- Muhammad Ali

"Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong."

- Muhammad Ali

"Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce."

- Vivian Komori

"Comes the Dawn ... And you begin to accept your defeats With your head held high and your eyes open, With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child. You learn to build your roads On today because tomorrow’s ground Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have A way of falling down in midflight. ... And you learn that you can really endure, That you really are strong And you really do have worth And you learn and learn … and you learn With every goodbye you learn."

- Veronica A. Shoftstall

"Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."

- Edwin Markham

"When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up."

- Les Brown

"A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same."

- Fried Green Tomatoes

"Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."

- Chinatown (1974)

"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways—either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength."

- Dalai Lama

"I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it’s an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I’ve learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them."

- Sasha Azevedo

"I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you… There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me."

- Elizabeth Gilbert

"OCD is not how it’s stereotyped… it made me feel like my mind was playing a cruel trick on me… Anxiety comes and goes, but now it feels like just another difficult emotion, as opposed to something that’s consuming my life. By doing the work and showing up for myself every day, I feel like I have more trust in myself than ever before."

- Camila Cabello

"It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

- Epictetus

"The righteous may fall seven times, but they rise again."

- Proverbs 24:16

"Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves, ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim."

- Vicki Harrison

"You will stumble and fall, you will experience both disaster and triumph, sometimes in the same day. But it's really important to remember that like a hangover, neither triumphs nor disasters last forever."

- Helen Mirren

"There’s nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longer he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of rising water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laugh as you sleep, it will make you stride like a tiger, it will fire the eye and put you face to face with death. You will die a fighter, you will be honored in hell. The luck of the word. Go with it, send it."

- Charles Bukowski

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."

- Woody Hayes

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his sould and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even"

- Muhammad Ali

"Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow."

- Unknown

"Tough times don't last, but tough people do."

- Unknown

"The power of a female doctor lies in her resilience and determination."

"Even when you feel like giving up, remember: resilience isn’t built overnight."

- Unknown

"Hang in there! Even a cactus thrives in tough conditions."

- Unknown

"You’ve handled worse. This too shall pass—keep hanging in there!"

- Unknown

"Childhood taught us to fall and get back up—time to channel that spirit again. 🛼✨ #NeverQuit #KeepBelieving"

- Unknown

"Remember how you nailed that impossible moment? You’ll do it again. 🏅✨ #StayResilient #KeepShining"

- Unknown

"I am hurt, but I am not slain; I’le lay me downe and bleed a-while, And then I’le rise and fight again."

"Sometimes you gotta stumble to fly. Embrace the wobbly bits, they make the take-off sweeter."