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.
I don’t need easy, I just need possible.
There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.
Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.
Ad astra per aspera. Translated: “to the stars through difficulties”.
If you don’t keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won’t do it – you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
Just because you are struggling does NOT mean you are failing. Every great success requires some kind of struggle to get there.
Focus on what you can do rather than stress about what you have no control over.
Don’t get angry; get better.
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.
An eagle uses the negative energy of a storm to fly even higher.
I dare you to take a little pain. I dare you!
So change your mindset. Change how you see pain. I want you to welcome it!
Rome was not built in a day. Opposition will come your way. But the harder the battle you see, it’s the sweeter the victory.
The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
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.
Hope does not disappoint.
You can start with nothing. And out of nothing, and out of no way, a way will be made.
Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.
How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?