Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I’m pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realising that you can make a choice to take the good
– Brooke Shields
In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
– Albert Bandura
Success is often the result of having the foresight to take one more step
– Unknown
It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop
– Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Taking responsibility is the first step on the journey to becoming resilient
– Unknown
Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.
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If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.
– Andrew Carnegie
If the fire in your heart is strong enough, it will burn away any obstacles that come your way.
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The mind is its own place and can make a heaven of hell and a hell of heaven.
– John Milton
To improve our resilience we may need to do battle with perfectionism; the urge to get things right all the time and thus usually feeling dissatisfied with our less than perfect results – and change our attitude towards mistakes.
– Paul Jackson
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