Although the world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it.
– Helen Keller
Porbandar, India
Our greatest glory is not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall.
– Confucius
Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things –
of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness,
our patience and our resilience, and in the end,
our ultimate desires.
– Sheri L. Dew
A good half of the art of living is resilience.
– Alain de Botton
Make-believe conquers the tools of war as children clamber over an abandoned anti-aircraft gun in Beirut, Lebanon, 1982. These tools of war became an improvised playground demonstrating the resilience of children. No matter how dire the situation, how dangerous the environment, children need to play. Whether it is splashing in puddles or climbing on abandoned tanks, their world of make-believe is almost as important as food and shelter.
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
– Bern Williams
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
The most certain way to succeed is
always to try just one more time.
– Thomas Edison
After the monsoon, this Indonesian woman attempts to rescue her rice plants. With the blackened earth flattened by the retreating floodwaters and trees stripped of their leaves, it is a bleak scene. The woman’s efforts are necessary for the continued subsistence of her family.
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
– Victor Hugo
In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
– Albert Bandura
Steve McCurry Curated 