Resilience Quotes

"When a person’s entire being is stretched in the effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile, it is impossible for the ordinary problems of life to seem important" "Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain" "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others" "The temporary satisfaction of quitting is outweighed by the eternal suffering of being a nobody." "You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking 'this is impossible oh this is impossible' and then you just keep going and keep going and you sort of do the impossible" "I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it." "There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win." "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"