resilience Quotes

Courage is grace under pressure.

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

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.

If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of life's July and left standing amid the piercing chill of an alpine November.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it's been tested by recession and all manner of challenges - I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.