173 Resilience Quotes That Will Motivate You To Remain Strong

Resilience

Life can become challenging at times and that's when resilience comes in. Resilience means that you can withstand difficult periods and be able to recover quickly.

You take in everything you are facing courageously and work through the turmoil without bowing low. And when the storm passes, you bounce right back.

Some people think that if you are resilient you become cold and uncaring. But even when you are resilient you experience hurt, stress, and disappointment.

You simply choose not to let it overpower you and put you down. Resilience helps you balance your emotions in stressful periods while working through your emotional turmoil.

You need resilience to survive and to become successful. Here are resilience quotes to grow your strength and help you overcome whatever comes your way.

Featured Resilience Quotes

Resilience Quotes

A man doesn’t realize how much he can stand until he is put to the test. You can stand far more than you think you can. You are much stronger than you think you are.

A man doesn’t realize how much he can stand until he is put to the test. You can stand far more than you think you can. You are much stronger than you think you are.

Don’t worry about finding a new path! Believe in your abilities and define new goals for yourself. There are always some better ways.

Don’t worry about finding a new path! Believe in your abilities and define new goals for yourself. There are always some better ways.

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We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual, and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don’t have to stay down.

We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual, and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don’t have to stay down.

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come.

One breath at a time. One day at a time. Wake up, and be shredded. Cry for a while. Then stop crying and go about your day. You’re not okay, but you’re alive, and you will be okay, someday.

One breath at a time. One day at a time. Wake up, and be shredded. Cry for a while. Then stop crying and go about your day. You’re not okay, but you’re alive, and you will be okay, someday.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don’t have to have the most talent in the world. You don’t have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.

Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don’t have to have the most talent in the world. You don’t have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.

Sometimes the strength within you is not a fiery flame that all can see, it is just a tiny spark that whispers softly, “You got this”, “Keep going”.

Sometimes the strength within you is not a fiery flame that all can see, it is just a tiny spark that whispers softly, “You got this”, “Keep going”.

You are a fine and talented woman, whose potential is yet to be realized given the love and support and luck we all need. Where you lost the will to fight for what is yours, where you gave away control of your life, is the mystery you are now unraveling. When you get it all back, hold on to it.

You are a fine and talented woman, whose potential is yet to be realized given the love and support and luck we all need. Where you lost the will to fight for what is yours, where you gave away control of your life, is the mystery you are now unraveling. When you get it all back, hold on to it.

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.

People will always try to bring you down, but you have to remember that there is GOD bigger than anyone and anything in this world.

People will always try to bring you down, but you have to remember that there is GOD bigger than anyone and anything in this world.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer,

Don't let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn into a blessing. Look back in your own life at what appeared to be a devastating situation five or ten years ago. Many of those situations were the turning point that caused a number of great things to happen in your future. Regardless of what happens today, realize it is the beginning of something good.

Don’t let your present problems defeat you. The Chinese have a saying that if you live with a disaster for three years it will turn

Keep your head up. Keep fighting. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, and your struggles only make you better in the end.

Keep your head up. Keep fighting. There is always light at the end of the tunnel, and your struggles only make you better in the

September is the month where you can truly decide to get it all together and create an awesome life. Create the story you want to live in your head.

September is the month where you can truly decide to get it all together and create an awesome life. Create the story you want to live in your head.

Quit that joy that makes you unhappy. Leave that relationship that’s draining you. Excommunicate all of those who don’t elevate you.

Quit that joy that makes you unhappy. Leave that relationship that’s draining you. Excommunicate all of those who don’t elevate you.

It is in that moment when you really lay down your cards and see the relationship for what it was, that you’ll find the freedom to kick it in the ass and let it go.

It is in that moment when you really lay down your cards and see the relationship for what it was, that you’ll find the freedom to kick it in the ass and let it go.

Rejection Is God's Protection When someone rejects or breaks up with you, it may be a blessing in disguise. The person was not right for you. Or maybe you would have eventually been miserable with them. Now the door is open for someone else much better to come into your life.

Rejection Is God’s Protection
When someone rejects or breaks up with you, it may be a blessing in disguise. The person was not right for you. Or maybe you would have eventually been miserable with them. Now the door is open for someone else much better to come into your life.

and when love came to us twice and lied to us twice we decided to never love again that was fair fair to us and fair to love itself. we ask for no mercy or no miracles; we are strong enough to live and to die and to kill flies, attend the boxing matches, go to the racetrack, live on luck and skill, get alone, get alone often, and if you can't sleep alone be careful of the words you speak in your sleep; and ask for no mercy no miracles; and don't forget: time is meant to be wasted, love fails and death is useless.

and when love came to us twice
and lied to us twice
we decided to never love again
that was fair
fair to us
and fair to love itself.

we ask

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on this story was a form of mind control, but for the most part, it worked.

Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me. Insisting on this story was a form of mind control, but for the most part, it worked.

I learned that, with grief, you have to take it one day at a time and learn how to find the happiness amid the heartbreak.

I learned that, with grief, you have to take it one day at a time and learn how to find the happiness amid the heartbreak.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I’ve got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I’ve got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

she's half-insane, looking for an out; she's hard, she's scared, she's been fooled, taken, abused, used, over-used . . . but, under all that, to me she's the flower, I see her as she was before she was ruined by the lies: theirs and hers.

she’s half-insane, looking for an out; she’s hard, she’s scared, she’s been fooled, taken, abused, used, over-used . . .
but, under all that, to me she’s the flower, I see her as she was before she was ruined by the lies: theirs and hers.

If you persisted long enough, the good luck usually came. Most people couldn't wait on the luck, though, so they quit.

If you persisted long enough, the good luck usually came. Most people couldn’t wait on the luck, though, so they quit.

There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longer he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of rising water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laugh as you sleep, it will make you stride like a tiger, it will fire the eye and put you face to face with death. You will die a fighter, you will be honored in hell. The luck of the word. Go with it, send it.

There’s nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longer he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of rising water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laugh as you sleep, it will make you stride like a tiger, it will fire the eye and put you face to face with death. You will die a fighter, you will be honored in hell. The luck of the word. Go with it, send it.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with the family, runs through school and goes into the business world.

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so much that they fail. They are too conditioned, too used to being told what to do. It begins with the family, runs through school and goes into the business world.

I knew that I was dying. Something in me said, Go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept. Then something else in me said, no, save the tiniest bit. It needn't be much, just a spark. A spark can set a whole forest on fire. Just a spark. Save it.

I knew that I was dying.
Something in me said,
Go ahead, die, sleep, become as them, accept.
Then something else in me said, no,
save the tiniest bit.
It needn’t be much, just a spark.
A spark can set a whole forest on fire.
Just a spark.
Save it.

it’s moments like this - you can feel it happening - that you grow transformed partly into something else strange and unimaginable— so when death comes it can only take part of you.

it’s moments like
this – you can feel it
happening – that you grow
transformed
partly into something
else strange and
unimaginable—
so when death comes
it can only take
part of
you.

mainly thinking, well, I'm still alive and have the ability to expel wastes from my body and poems. and as long as that's happening I have the ability to handle betrayal loneliness hangnail clap and the economic reports in the financial section.

mainly thinking, well,
I’m still alive
and have the ability to expel wastes from my body
and poems.
and as long as that’s happening
I have the ability to handle
betrayal
loneliness
hangnail
clap
and the economic reports in the
financial section.

I suppose like others I have come through fire and sword, love gone wrong, head-on crashes, drunk at sea, and I have listened to the simple sound of water running in tubs and wished to drown.

I suppose like others
I have come through fire and sword,
love gone wrong,
head-on crashes, drunk at sea,
and I have listened to the simple sound of water running
in tubs
and wished to drown.

Remember, no storm will ever last a lifetime. Just hold on, be brave and have faith. Before you know it, the storm will be gone.

Remember, no storm will ever last a lifetime. Just hold on, be brave and have faith. Before you know it, the storm will be gone.

Maybe now all looks dark, but hope will come again. It will find you. However much you may resist it, or even trample it, however many times you’re thrown into despair, hope will always return to give you strength when you need it most. You may struggle & you may doubt...but hope will bloom.

Maybe now all looks dark, but hope will come again. It will find you. However much you may resist it, or even trample it, however many times you’re thrown into despair, hope will always return to give you strength when you need it most. You may struggle & you may doubt…but hope will bloom.

Hello, my name is Tohru Honda, I haven't always lived in a tent. Up until last May I lived with my mom, it was just the two of us. But then the accident... After I lost mom, I began secretly living here on my own. It's not exactly comfortable but it's alright. And it's what I have to do. It's like my motto says, never give up!

Hello, my name is Tohru Honda, I haven’t always lived in a tent. Up until last May I lived with my mom, it was just the two of us. But then the accident… After I lost mom, I began secretly living here on my own. It’s not exactly comfortable but it’s alright. And it’s what I have to do. It’s like my motto says, never give up!

I know. Just like there are kind places - I know. I know I haven't made it out of this yet. It's not over. It will come back again and again. The crushing injustice will keep harassing me. It will try to swallow me up. I hate this... it's hard... but even so, I'm done with looking down. Your life is yours, and yours alone.

I know. Just like there are kind places – I know. I know I haven’t made it out of this yet. It’s not over. It will come back again and again. The crushing injustice will keep harassing me. It will try to swallow me up. I hate this… it’s hard… but even so, I’m done with looking down. Your life is yours, and yours alone.

The warmth in our hearts is proof that there is light. It's so small that it seems like even a tiny wind might blow it out...but the light is definitely there.

The warmth in our hearts is proof that there is light. It’s so small that it seems like even a tiny wind might blow it out…but the light is definitely there.

At any rate, from now on you're on your own, Mayu-chan. I don't know how long it'll take... It is Haa-san we're talking about here. But since you've persisted in caring about him for this long, you should be okay.

At any rate, from now on you’re on your own, Mayu-chan. I don’t know how long it’ll take… It is Haa-san we’re talking about here. But since you’ve persisted in caring about him for this long, you should be okay.

Everyone has pressures... In their lives. All kinds of pressures. And we just have to learn to deal with them. Everyone does. Kakeru... Machi... Even me. And my "parents".

Everyone has pressures… In their lives. All kinds of pressures. And we just have to learn to deal with them. Everyone does. Kakeru… Machi… Even me. And my “parents”.

Her father died, and then her mother died, too. So why... Why isn't she under a dark shadow? How can she keep smiling... And be so bright?

Her father died, and then her mother died, too. So why… Why isn’t she under a dark shadow? How can she keep smiling… And be so bright?

It's true that this world isn't enveloped in light. But...there's more to it than that. It isn't all darkness. There's more to it than that.

It’s true that this world isn’t enveloped in light. But…there’s more to it than that. It isn’t all darkness. There’s more to it than that.

I treat winning and losing exactly the same. I see them both as necessary steps to get us where we are going. Big failures big lessons little failures little lessons.

I treat winning and losing exactly the same. I see them both as necessary steps to get us where we are going. Big failures big

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll

Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.

Your strength doesn’t come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.

It’s a new month and a chance for new beginnings. Forget all that has happened, all the setbacks you faced and go forward and face life with a fresh mindset.

It’s a new month and a chance for new beginnings. Forget all that has happened, all the setbacks you faced and go forward and face

...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.

…most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will

A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow.

A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the

It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.

It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be

I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end, too. They always do. Even if you can’t always believe that…please don’t give up. Live. I want you to live. Even if you make a mistake. Even if you take the long way. It’s still okay. Just please…please, live. Don’t give up on pushing forward. Please. At least don’t give up on that. Even if I’m not by your side, it’s still okay. It’s okay.

I know that happy things and fun things eventually come to an end. But things that are scary and sad come to an end, too.

I’m grateful to have someone who worries about me and supports me. That’s why, even if I am weak, I want to be someone who doesn’t wallow in their weakness. There were times when I wondered how many people would notice if I disappeared in a crowded place like this. But now, I’m a little different.

I’m grateful to have someone who worries about me and supports me. That’s why, even if I am weak, I want to be someone who

I know I’ll be okay and that eventually everything will work out. I know that what’s meant for me will happen, I know. But I just need a minute or two to pull myself together; because sometimes the shit life throws at me gets heavy, that’s all.

I know I’ll be okay and that eventually everything will work out. I know that what’s meant for me will happen, I know. But I

Everybody goes through difficult times, but it is those who push through those difficult times who will eventually become successful in life. Don’t give up, because this too shall pass.

Everybody goes through difficult times, but it is those who push through those difficult times who will eventually become successful in life. Don’t give up,

Pause and remember - Everyone gets discouraged and feels lost at times. Don't worry - life will get better. A new way is being made for you. Keep moving forward even if it's just baby steps.

Pause and remember – Everyone gets discouraged and feels lost at times. Don’t worry – life will get better. A new way is being made

Though sometimes we still fall into the pit, maybe for a day or more, we never stop crawling and stumbling and standing again. We hear the words of the people who have felt the same dread whisper across the air. "It gets better." And it does. The sun will shine on our faces once more.

Though sometimes we still fall into the pit, maybe for a day or more, we never stop crawling and stumbling and standing again. We hear

Just because the past didn't turn out like you wanted it to, doesn't mean the future can't be better than you ever imagined.

Just because the past didn’t turn out like you wanted it to, doesn’t mean the future can’t be better than you ever imagined.

“Tomorrow will be better.” “But what if it’s not?” I asked. “Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.”

“Tomorrow will be better.”
“But what if it’s not?” I asked.
“Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some

You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events.

You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in

You shape your own life, and the shape of your life is determined to a great extent by your attitude. This is an area that you can control, and in learning how to control and direct it, you will have great power over what is going to happen.

You shape your own life, and the shape of your life is determined to a great extent by your attitude. This is an area that

Clearly understand, there isn't any situation that isn't made worse by worry. Worry never solves anything. Worry never prevents anything. Worry never heals anything. Worry serves only one purpose... it makes matters worse.

Clearly understand, there isn’t any situation that isn’t made worse by worry. Worry never solves anything. Worry never prevents anything. Worry never heals anything. Worry

Challenge is important: It keeps you from becoming complacent and doing what is easiest — rather than what is best. The masses go down the wide road of ‘easy,’ while the few struggle along the path to true wealth. This is partly why, when challenges come, you’ll often feel very alone. Everyone else gives up and runs back to that wide, easy road.

Challenge is important: It keeps you from becoming complacent and doing what is easiest — rather than what is best. The masses go down the

You never die from a snake bite, you can't be unbitten it's in the way, what continues to pour through you long after the bite has taken place.

You never die from a snake bite, you can’t be unbitten it’s in the way, what continues to pour through you long after the bite

It doesn't matter how you grew up, or what you've struggled with in life - your mind is unscathed by any circumstance you've yet to live and it's phenomenally powerful.

It doesn’t matter how you grew up, or what you’ve struggled with in life – your mind is unscathed by any circumstance you’ve yet to

When you really want something, and you couple that with an understanding of your nature, of your spiritual being, and the law that govern you, you will keep going, regardless of what's happened. Nothing will stop you.

When you really want something, and you couple that with an understanding of your nature, of your spiritual being, and the law that govern you,

Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.

Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.

I’m convinced that we black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but the get up, to get through, and to get over.

I’m convinced that we black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but the get up, to get

Life has knocked me down a few times, it showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing for sure, I always get up.

Life has knocked me down a few times, it showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing

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