"Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again."

Nelson Mandela

"No soul that aspires can ever fail to rise; no heart that loves can ever be abandoned. Difficulties exist only that in overcoming them we may grow strong, and they who have suffered are able to save."

Annie Besant

"When I dare to be powerful to use my strength in the service of my vision then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."

Audre Lorde

"We need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person. "

Emma Jameson

"Like tiny seeds with potent power to push through tough ground and become mighty trees, we hold innate reserves of unimaginable strength. We are resilient."

Catherine DeVrye

"Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once."

Paulo Coelho

"Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient."

Steve Maraboli

"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."

C.S. Lewis

"We will either find a way, or make one."

Hannibal

"Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems."

Gever Tulley

"Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement."

Albert Camus

"It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop."

Dieter F. Uchtdorf