By Maxime Lagacé 
Maxime is the founder and chief editor of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm, peaceful and powerful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
Here are 100 of the most inspiring resilience quotes I could find. The goal? To give you a quick boost and help you endure a little more today. Enjoy!
A good half of the art of living is resilience. Alain de Botton
Action builds resilience. Inaction stokes fear. Shane Parrish
Without commitment you’ll never start. Without consistency you’ll never finish. Denzel Washington
The most obsessed becomes the most talented. Maxime Lagacé
Sometimes carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement. Albert Camus
If you want better outcomes, learn to do the boring work when no one is watching. Shane Parrish
Successful people share an uncommon persistence. Shane Parrish
What looks like skill is often persistent revision. James Clear
Don’t wish for a good life if you’re not ready to suffer. Maxime Lagacé
The secrets are deceptively simple: consistency, patience. Jack Butcher
Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up. Brené Brown
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. Elizabeth Edwards
If you think it is impossible, then it is… for you. Peter Diamandis
Learning to be alone and enjoying it is a superpower. Naval Ravikant
Resilience: the art of caring for the right things. Maxime Lagacé
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The Best Resilience Quotes
If you are open-minded enough and determined, you can get virtually anything you want. Ray Dalio
You can outwork 95% of people by just showing up every day. Jack Butcher
Don’t stop doing it until it stops working. Jack Butcher
A man’s got to lose more than money to be broke. John Graham
It’s better to do less than you hoped than nothing at all. No zero days. James Clear
Success looks a lot like consistency over a long period of time. Matthew Kobach
Don’t aim for consistently heroic efforts. Aim for being heroic at consistency. Kelly Starrett
The first 1,000 hours are the hardest. Sahil Lavingia
The greatest secret in life is not giving a f**k what other people think about you. The sooner you figure that out, the better. Anthony Pompliano
Whoever has the longest time horizon has the advantage. Anthony Pompliano
There is no downside to endurance. If you can endure more, you can do more. @TheStoicEmperor
Luck favors the relentless. Shane Parrish
Boring progress today makes exceptional outcomes in the future. Shane Parrish
Visible outcomes are the result of years of effort applied in the same direction when no one is watching. It looks sexy, but it’s incredibly boring on a daily basis. Shane Parrish
Most results come at the end, not the beginning. Shane Parrish
Don’t quit because it’s hard or intimidating. Do quit when your best judgment deems you’re on the wrong path. And never let the former disguise as the latter. Johnny Uzan
If you go faster, you don’t go far. This is one of the biggest contradictions in life. Slow and steady gets your farther — over time. Darius Foroux
Things always, always, always, take longer than you think they will. Always. Alex Lieberman
We win by forgetting to keep score. Jack Butcher
The longer the game you’re playing, the less short term losses matter. Jack Butcher
Unsexy work has the least competition and the most upside. Jack Butcher
Experience is about exposure to shock. Jack Butcher
It’s hard to be calm until you’ve won a lot and lost a lot. Naval Ravikant
The dumber you’re willing to look, the smarter you’re able to become. Ed Latimore
The secret for progress in anything is to come back tomorrow. Tim Tamashiro
Part 2. Resilience Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Resilience Quotes
Searching for a famous resilience quote? Check out those by da Vinci, Michelle Obama, Paulo Coelho, Dave Ramsey, etc.
It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go. Bob Proctor
All things are possible when you believe. Rhonda Byrne
It is not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it. Lou Holtz
If we have someone who loves us – I don’t mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side – then it’s easier to grow resilience. Maya Angelou
I’ve failed a million times on stage. Amy Poehler
Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others. Sharon Salzberg
The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows — a wall against the wind. Frank Herbert (Dune)
Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. Steve Maraboli
An expert is a person who has found out by painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr
Everyone who wins pays a price. You have to give up something to get something. Dave Ramsey
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An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming. Paulo Coelho
I will prepare, and some day my chance will come. Abraham Lincoln
Grief and resilience live together. Michelle Obama
You have a right to your actions, but never to your actions’ fruits. Bhagavad Gita
Be prepared. Be persistent. Be reliable. Be surprised at what can be accomplished. John Cena
Every ounce of confidence I have is because I tried it over and over again. And then I started getting good at it. Barbara Corcoran
Every time you overcome yourself a little bit more, the side effect is that you love yourself a little bit more. Joe Dispenza
Failure isn’t final until you quit. Michael Hyatt
Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King
A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job. Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational Resilience Quotes
There’s no growth in the comfort zone. Jocko Willink
People are resilient. Correction: survivors are resilient. Sam North
Shit will hit the fan, that’s for sure. Keep that in mind and keep going. Maxime Lagacé
Resilience: the art of remembering what we want. Maxime Lagacé
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
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
A man’s character is his guardian. Heraclitus
The wiser you become, the more setbacks motivate you. Maxime Lagacé
If you are around resilient people, you’re far more likely to be resilient yourself. Eric Greitens
Get your mind to a level where you think everything is happening in your favour. Dan Go
Thick skin is a moat. Jack Butcher
Consistency is a competitive advantage. Anthony Pompliano
When something bad happens, smile for at least five seconds. Thibaut
The secret to outperform your competitors is to do it for long enough. @orangebook_
No matter what your past has been, you have a spotless future. Tony Hsieh
If the only reason you’re not pursuing a dream is because of the length of time it will take to achieve it, you should start right now. Think long-term. James Clear
It is not in the still calm of life or the repose of a pacific station that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Abigail Adams
Get used to doing things you don’t want to do and you will actually get somewhere. Gal Shapira
No one pays any attention to your mistakes. They are focused on their own. Sahil Lavingia
Breakthroughs follow breakdowns. Sahil Lavingia
Your resilience is your humanity. Hannah Gadsby
Related: Resilience In Hard Times (2-minute YouTube video by The School of Life)
Wise Resilience Quotes
The difference between bitterness, confusion, nostalgia – and resilience – is a plan. Alain de Botton
Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity. Ryan Holiday
The person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation. Bhagavad Gita
Resilience has been described as the capacity for positive outcomes despite challenging or threatening circumstances. Byron Egeland
Be stubborn in principle, agile in execution. Jack Butcher
Being resilient is so much easier when you’re surrounded by the right people. Maxime Lagacé
Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you. Seth Godin
A few people are born resilient. The rest of us need to work consciously at developing our abilities. Al Siebert
You don’t build psychological resilience by feeling good all the time. You build psychological resilience by getting better at feeling bad. Mark Manson
Don’t let success make you complacent. Don’t let failure be the reason you quit. Shane Parrish
Resilient people do not bounce back from hard experiences; they find healthy ways to integrate them into their lives. Eric Greitens (Navy SEAL)
Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction. Eric Greitens
At the root of resilience is the willingness to take responsibility for results. Eric Greitens
When you think in decades and not days, you naturally avoid a lot of bad behavior and problems. Shane Parrish
Just because you failed doesn’t mean you can’t succeed. We all fail. Mentally resilient people realize that its not failure that defines your identity but how you respond. Shane Parrish
To get better outcomes, learn to do the boring work no one wants to do when no one is watching. Shane Parrish
Exceptional results require the rare combination of extreme patience and extreme decisiveness. The patience to say no to average opportunities, to delay the rewards, and to really understand. The decisiveness to swiftly go all in when the right opportunity arises. Shane Parrish
In a world obsessed with speed, never forget things of real worth and value take time. Thibaut
Don’t get too high when you win or too low when you lose. Thibaut
The secret to winning is learning how to lose. That is, learning to bounce back from failure and disappointment — undeterred — and continuing to steadily march toward your potential. Your response to failure determines your capacity for success. James Clear
Consistency compounds. Small steps repeated over time lead to big gains. Don’t aim to be consistently great. Aim to be great at being consistent. Steve Magness
Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. Kenichi Ohmae
The most resilient people are like playful, curious children. Al Siebert
Related: Evidence Mounts That Mindfulness Breeds Resilience (greatergood.berkeley.edu)
Part 3. Conclusion
Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. Claude Bissel
Never bet against someone who won’t quit. Jack Butcher
Further Readings
- Topic: Motivation
- 100 Motivational Quotes That Will Make You Thrive
- 100 Hard Work Quotes To Bring Out The Best In Yourself
- What Are The 7 Resilience Skills? (psychologytoday.com)
- 57 Gal Shapira Quotes About People, Mentality, and Success
- 129 Perseverance Quotes To Bring You Mental Endurance
- How To Be Successful In Life
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Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Quotes
Part 2
Resilience Quotes That ARE
Famous
Inspirational
Wise
Part 3
Conclusion
Thank you for your wonderful quotes Maxime.
In these troubled coronavirus lockdown times they give a glimmer of hope and they are a daily inspiration to me and many others.
Thank you
Thank you so much Liz for your message.
It means a lot.
Best,
Maxime
Thank you for your inspirational quotes.
Resilience is strengthened by riding the waves of the ocean of life. – me!
It is one of my own self-help quotes that I have written and shared for motivation.
Thank YOU Marlene for sharing with us.
It’s a beautiful quote you just wrote, and it’s so true. Low tides help us appreciate high tides.
Best,
Maxime
Thank you Maxime for this uplifting quotes. You are right, these would give a person something to hold on to during a difficult time as now.
Glad you liked Genemarie.
I think we all need, from time to time, a tap in the back (myself included) 🙂
Best,
Maxime