9 Resilience and Perseverance: Expressions about the strength and endurance of the human spirit.
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9.1 Overcoming Adversity
📖 Quotes about triumphing over challenges and hardships.
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Micheal Jordan, Speech (1997)
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
— Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (1934)
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
— William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech (1865)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
— Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (1934)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Micheal Jordan, Speech (1997)
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
— Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (1934)
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
— William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech (1865)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
— Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (1934)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Micheal Jordan, Speech (1997)
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
— Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (1934)
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
— William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech (1865)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)
9.2 Determination and Willpower
📖 Quotes emphasizing the power of resolve and persistence.
“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
— Jimmy Johnson, Unknown (1994)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Michael Jordan, Speech (1997)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)
“The best way out is always through.”
— Robert Frost, A Way Out (1920)
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Speech (1994)
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”
— Christopher Reeve, Speech (1995)
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”
— Elon Musk, Interview (2013)
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs, Speech (2005)
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
— Walt Disney, Speech (1959)
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
— Plato, The Republic (-375)
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (161)
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
— John Lennon, Beautiful Boy (1980)
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
— Vivian Greene, Unknown (1998)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Speech (1994)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
— Confucius, Analects (-500)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech (1862)
“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
— Plato, The Republic (-375)
9.3 Fortitude and Strength
📖 Quotes celebrating inner strength, courage, and resilience.
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
— Mahatma Gandhi, Harijan (1938)
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
— Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.”
— Ambrose Redmoon, The Courage to Be (1999)
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
— Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
— Vivian Greene, The Little Engine That Could (1930)
“The best way out is always through.”
— Robert Frost, A Further Range (1936)
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
— Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years (1950)
“I have learned that strength and resilience come only through relentless dedication.”
— Maya Angelou, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993)
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
— Albert Einstein, Out of My Later Years (1950)
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t.”
— Thomas Edison, The World’s Work (1921)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
— Mahatma Gandhi, Harijan (1948)
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
— Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1903)
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841)
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
— William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech at the Cooper Union (1860)
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs, Interview with Playboy (1995)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Michael Jordan, Interview with Sports Illustrated (1990)
“The only way to overcome fear is to face it.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
9.4 Hope and Optimism
📖 Quotes highlighting the importance of maintaining a positive outlook.
“Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.”
— Pindar, Fragments (None)
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (1994)
“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
— Lena Horne, Lena (1965)
“Always go with the choice that scares you the most, because that’s the one that’s going to help you grow.”
— Caroline Myss, Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential (2002)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Hope is a renewable option. If you run out of it at the end of the day, don’t worry. There is plenty more in the morning.”
— Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees (1988)
“You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.”
— Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors (1971)
“The best way out is always through.”
— Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason (1945)
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”
— Winston Churchill, Churchill: In His Own Words (1974)
“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”
— Helen Keller, Optimism (1903)
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”
— Christopher Reeve, Still Me (1998)
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.”
— Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (2008)
“It is always darkest before the dawn.”
— Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia (1732)
“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.”
— S. Ajna, Rising Strong (2016)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech at the Cooper Union (1860)
“No matter how dark the night, there will always be a sunrise.”
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great! (2016)
“Hope is a gift you don’t have to deserve.”
— Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
— Helen Keller, Optimism (1903)
“When things go wrong, don’t go with them.”
— Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley: A Life in Music (1998)
“Hope is the compass that guides us through the storms of life.”
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great! (2016)
9.5 Learning from Failure
📖 Quotes about embracing failures as opportunities for growth and resilience.
“Failure is not the opposite of success; it’s part of it.”
— Arianna Huffington, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a More Balanced Life (2014)
“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, Speech at the University of North Carolina (1997)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“It does not matter how many times you fail. It only matters how many times you succeed.”
— Elon Musk, Interview with The New York Times (2015)
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Confucius, Analects (500 BC)
“The only thing that stands between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”
— Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
“You can’t let your failures define you, you have to let your failures teach you.”
— Barack Obama, Speech at the Democratic National Convention (2004)
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Winston Churchill, Speech to the House of Commons (1941)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Michelle Obama, Speech at the Democratic National Convention (2016)
“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.”
— George Clooney, Interview with The Hollywood Reporter (2017)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“It’s not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.”
— Zig Ziglar, See You at the Top (1977)
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”
— John Burroughs, Alaska Days with John Muir (1913)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
— Thomas Edison, Interview with The New York Times (1896)
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
— Henry Ford, My Life and Work (1922)
“The only true failure is when you stop trying.”
— Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (1988)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”
— Mark Zuckerberg, Interview with The New York Times (2010)
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
— Henry Ford, My Life and Work (1922)
9.6 Perseverance and Endurance
📖 Quotes about the value of persistence and endurance in achieving goals.
“Remember that failure is not final, and success is not going to hit you overnight. Stay determined, and keep trying. With enough effort, you’re bound to achieve what you desire.”
— Rocky Balboa, Rocky Balboa (1976) (1976)
“It’s not how far you fall, but how far you stand, at the end.”
— Rocky Balboa, Rocky Balboa (2006) (2006)
“Success consists not in never making mistakes but in not making the same one twice.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte (1821) (1821)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (2010) (2010)
“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.”
— Sun-Tzu, The Art of War (2016) (2016)
“The greatest wealth is the wealth of perseverance.”
— R.W. Munger, Buffett & Munger (2012) (2012)
“Success is a process of elimination - you learn what doesn’t work for you.”
— Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison (1929) (1929)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (2010) (2010)
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
— Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison (1929) (1929)
“Persevere and you will find a way.”
— Chinese Proverb, Chinese Proverb (None)
“The only value of perseverance is that maybe eventually you will win a prize.”
— Cliff Hanger, The Pretentious Permutation (2019) (2019)
“Persevere and you will find a way.”
— Chinese Proverb, Chinese Proverb (None)
“If you’re going to win, you need to go that extra mile; and then, when everyone else stops, you need to find that resevoir of extra and go a little further. That’s what makes the difference.”
— Jerry Kramer, Jerry Kramer (1997) (1997)
“The difference between an obstacle and an opportunity is how you view it.”
— Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (1984) (1984)
“The real test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”
— George S. Patton, Patton (1970) (1970)
“Man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
— Buddha, Dhammapada (2018) (2018)
“The greatest wealth is the wealth of perseverance.”
— R.W. Munger, Buffett & Munger (2012) (2012)
“There is no failure except in no longer trying.”
— Elbert Hubbard, Elbert Hubbard (1911) (1911)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Micheal Jordan, Micheal Jordan (1999) (1999)
“It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game.”
— Grantland Rice, New York Herald (1920) (1920)
9.7 Spirit of Resilience
📖 Quotes capturing the indomitable spirit of the human will to persevere.
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.”
— Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (1946)
“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.”
— Eloise Ristad, A Soprano at the End of the World (1988)
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
— Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
— Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (1929)
“The best way out is always through.”
— Robert Frost, A Masque of Reason (1945)
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
— Thomas Edison, Attributed (1931)
“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
— Vivian Greene, 44 Things I Wish You Knew (2016)
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
— William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”
— Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1903)
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech at Oglethorpe University (1929)
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs, Interview with Playboy (1985)
“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”
— Micheal Jordan, Speech at the University of North Carolina (1997)
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)
“You can’t control the circumstances, but you can control your attitude.”
— Tammy Faye Bakker, Attributed (1996)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”
— John Lennon, Beautiful Boy (1980)
“You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.”
— Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors (1971)
9.8 Finding Strength in Unity
📖 Quotes emphasizing the power of collective resilience and unity in overcoming challenges.
“The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.”
— Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894)
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
— Helen Keller, Speech to the American Foundation for the Blind (1925)
“We rise by lifting others.”
— Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child (1877)
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
— African Proverb, African Proverb (Unknown)
“Unity is strength. When there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”
— Mattie Stepanek, Heartsongs (2002)
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
— Henry Ford, The International Jew (1920)
“Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.”
— Unknown, Unknown (Unknown)
“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward a common goal.”
— James Cash Penney, Fifty Years with Penney’s (1959)
“Unity is the key to success. A team that is united and works together will always be more successful than a team that is divided.”
— Pele, Pele: The Autobiography (2006)
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
— Phil Jackson, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success (2013)
“We are strong because we are united, and we are united because we love one another.”
— Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great! (2016)
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.”
— Halford E. Luccock, Preaching Values for Today (1963)
“In union there is strength.”
— Aesop, Aesop’s Fables (Unknown)
“Together, we can accomplish anything.”
— Unknown, Unknown (Unknown)
“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”
— Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech (2005)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
— Abraham Lincoln, Speech to the Young Men’s Lyceum (1838)
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (1994)
“Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”
— Christopher Reeve, Still Me (1998)
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.”
— William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)