Top 200 Resilience Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.”

— Jamais Cascio

2. “Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience – ensuring we’ll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.”

— Brené Brown

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes for Women, Feel Better Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

3. “Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient individuals never experience negative affect, but rather that the negative affect does not persist.”

— Richard Davidson

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Emotion Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Feel Better Quotes

4. “I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”

— Anne Frank

Also featured in: Positive Life Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Appreciation Quotes

5. “Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.”

— Yasmin Mogahed

Also featured in: Mental Strength Quotes, Growth Quotes, Challenges Quotes, Hurt Quotes

6. “Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.”

— Steve Jobs

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Success Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Inspirational Business Quotes

7. “There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. However bad life may seem, there is always hope.”

— Stephen Hawking

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

8. “As long as I try, there’s always a chance of getting up. It’s not the end until you give up.”

— Nick Vujicic

Also featured in: Giving Up Quotes, Impossible Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Monday Quotes

9. “All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes

10. “The one thing you can’t take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one’s freedoms is to choose one’s attitude in any given circumstance.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

Also featured in: Psychology Quotes, Mental Strength Quotes, Freedom Quotes

11. “You may be in a tough time but that setback is simply a setup for a greater comeback.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Recovery Quotes, Obstacles Quotes, Momentum Quotes

12. “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”

— D. H. Lawrence

Also featured in: Life is Hard Quotes

13. “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Poetry Quotes, Freedom Quotes, Culture Quotes

14. “From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Epic Quotes

15. “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”

— Frederick Douglass

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Change Quotes, Action Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Meaningful Quotes

16. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

17. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Optimistic Quotes

18. “Life is a series of experiences, each of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.”

— Henry Ford

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Growth Mindset Quotes

19. “If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.”

— Banksy

Also featured in: Short Quotes About Life, Short Inspirational Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Feel Better Quotes

20. “Focus on what you can do rather than stress about what you have no control over.”

— Catherine DeVrye

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

21. “Beat me, hate me, you can never break me.”

— Michael Jackson

Also featured in: Music Quotes, Self-Belief Quotes, Resistance Quotes

22. “If you’re willing to put yourself and your dreams on the line, at the very least you’ll discover an inner strength you may not have known existed.”

— Kurt Warner

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

23. “Just because you feel fear doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Do it afraid.”

— Joyce Meyer

Also featured in: Overcoming Fear Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

24. “An eagle uses the negative energy of a storm to fly even higher.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Good Morning Inspirational Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes, Energy Quotes

25. “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

— Haruki Murakami

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Moving On Quotes, Challenges Quotes

26. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

— Samuel Beckett

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Failure Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

27. “I am willing.” “I am wired to win.” “I got this.” “I embrace the uncertainty.” “I am not my thoughts; I am what I do.” “I am relentless.” “I expect nothing and accept everything.”

— Gary John Bishop

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Personality Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Boldness Quotes

28. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”

— Newt Gingrich

Also featured in: Dedication Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Quotes About Work, Determination Quotes

29. “You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.”

— Thomas Merton

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Meaning Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Reflection Quotes, Spiritual Growth Quotes

30. “Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument.”

— Ratan Tata

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Friday Inspirational Quotes, Struggle Quotes

31. “Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

— Epictetus

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Mindset Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

32. “There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”

— Toni Morrison

Also featured in: Positive Motivation Quotes, Powerful Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

33. “Rest if you must, but never quit.”

— John Greenleaf Whittier

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Grit Quotes

34. “How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?”

— Jason Bishop

Also featured in: Friday Motivational Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Students

35. “It’s not over until you win.”

— Les Brown

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Focus Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Encouragement Quotes

36. “Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.”

— Maya Angelou

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Poetry Quotes, Obstacles Quotes

37. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”

— Napoleon Hill

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Encouragement Quotes, Personal Development Quotes

38. “A man’s character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by what he does when his back is against the wall.”

— John Cena

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Character Quotes

39. “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

— Helen Keller

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Optimism Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Quotes About Feelings

40. “The phoenix must burn to emerge.”

— Janet Fitch

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes

41. “Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear; The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.”

— Meg Cabot

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

42. “Just keep going – no feeling is final.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Also featured in: Quotes About Feelings

43. “Welcome the challenges. Look for the opportunities in every situation to learn and grow in wisdom.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes

44. “The only one who can make you give up is yourself.”

— Sidney Sheldon

Also featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Being Yourself Quotes, Quotes About Giving

45. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

— Robert H. Schuller

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Courage Quotes, Life Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Time Quotes

46. “Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”

— Bruce Lee

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Motivational Quotes About Life, Adaptability Quotes

47. “The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Failure Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Short Inspirational Quotes

48. “Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive.”

— Ratan Tata

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life, Challenges Quotes

49. “I don’t need easy, I just need possible.”

— Bethany Hamilton

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Grit Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

50. “In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Values Quotes, Truth Quotes