5 Quotes on Inner Strength and Resilience
Where do you find your inner strength and resilience?
There are times in life that feel uncertain or challenging. Where do we find our inner strength or resilience to continue on? I’ve been reflecting on this topic lately and would love to hear from others on their answers to this question.
For today’s newsletter, I’m sharing 5 quotes from diverse religious, cultural, and historical sources that speak to inner strength and resilience. My hope is that one of these quotes brings you a bit of comfort or clarity as you navigate uncertainty or complexity in your life.
And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.
Paulo Coelho
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela