#resilience

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

It is trials that show what a man is. When trouble arrives, greet it as the sparring partner sent to make you an Olympic champion.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Hardness and rigidity are companions of death. Softness and flexibility are companions of life.

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

Nobody can fall so low unless he has a great depth. If such a thing happens, it signifies that he must now descend into his own depth.

Meaning makes a great many things endurable—perhaps everything.

The beauty of the soul shines outward when a man bears with equanimity one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.

The truly good and prudent man bears all the chances of life with dignity and always does the best with what is available to him.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Even in the midst of misfortunes, nobility of soul shines forth when a man bears many heavy burdens with calm patience, not from lack of feeling, but from greatness of heart.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light of virtue.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

It is not suffering itself that destroys human beings, but suffering without purpose.

Humor was another of the soul's weapons in the fight for self-preservation. It is well known that humor, more than anything else in the human make-up, can afford an aloofness and an ability to rise above any situation.

A healthy mind does not demand the absence of trouble, but possesses the humor and resilience to face it.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

When the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

A sorrow which has found physical expression in wholesome activity is already half conquered.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

True peace of mind does not come from the absence of storms, but from knowing yourself sovereign over the ship.