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- Nov 07, 2020
Resilience Quotes
Words on grit, recovery, and the strength to keep going.
This page celebrates resilience as a quiet skill rather than luck, from a nation's tenacity and optimism about its future to a school's lesson in bouncing back after setbacks. Related strength themes continue in Ability Quotes.
- Last Updated on Jul 30, 2026
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gluttony is harder than it looks. It's listed as a sin, as something you give in to, when really it's a skill, requiring not just hunger but resilience. That's why the most resilient city in the country, New Orleans, is also the most gluttonous.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world. And there's no question that it is a factor, but it's preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anyone who has lived in an area with high unemployment knows how it erodes social bonds, lowers the resilience of the unemployed and their families, and damages the prospects of the next generation.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you donate to the mainland, it's not as simple as giving money. You need a lot of psychological resilience.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason I'm a Nixonite is because of his indestructibility and resilience. He never quit.
- Indian
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- Nov 07, 2020
The resilience, tenacity and zeal of our valiant air warriors is a source of pride for every Indian.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I run skills-building programs focused on healthy risk taking, failure resilience, and self-care for undergraduates around the country.
- Necessary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Resilience is, of course, necessary for a warrior. But a lack of empathy isn't.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive population will stimulate economic growth in the long term.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an abolitionist. What does this mean? Abolitionist resistance and resilience draws from a legacy of black-led anti-colonial struggle in the United States and throughout the Americas, including places like Haiti, the first black republic founded on the principles of anti-colonialism and black liberation.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020