“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”
Others on Resilience
Sir Winston Churchill
5 quotes“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
FDR
4 quotes“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
Louisa May Alcott
4 quotes“I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”
Sherrilyn Kenyon
3 quotes“Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right.”
Napoleon
3 quotes“My downfall raises me to infinite heights.”
Napoleon Hill
3 quotes“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
Helen Keller
3 quotes“You will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.”
Maya Angelou
3 quotes“You may shoot me with your words,You may cut me with your eyes,You may kill me with your hatefulness,But still, like air...”
Tennessee Williams
3 quotes“What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?—I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can...”
Molière
2 quotes“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
Theodore Roosevelt
2 quotes“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”
Emily Dickinson
2 quotes“A wounded dear leaps the highest”