Resilience Quotes

"The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on." "My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, it couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe." "We were scared, but our fear was not as strong as our courage." "You push your body to the limits, but you have to train your body to deal with the limits" "It's going to be okay—no matter how hard your rock bottom is, you can rise above it and come back." "Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." "The darkness cannot extinguish your light" "Leadership isn't making all the right decisions. It's dealing with the wrong ones" "Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals." "Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who thinks differently." "We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear." "Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." "People can cry much easier than they can change" "There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence" "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer" "The measure of intelligence is the ability to change" "It's tougher to be vulnerable than to actually be tough." "Silence is a source of great strength." "Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision." "I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude."