Quotes On Resilience

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature - or go insane.

Smile, though your heart is aching.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.

I have many problems in my life. But my lips don't know that. They always smile.

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.

I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary, I treat all the privations as amusing.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Champions are not the ones who always win races—they are the ones who get out there and try. And try harder the next time. And even harder the next time. 'Champion' is a state of mind.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.