“Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.”
"The first step toward feeling compassion for others is to set the intention to try it out."
- Sharon Salzberg
Compassion
"Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom."
- Sharon Salzberg
Hope
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
- Sharon Salzberg
Self-esteem
"An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain."
- Sharon Salzberg
Faith
"If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you’ll be living in a world with less fear, isolation, and loneliness."
- Sharon Salzberg
Inner Peace
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience