Wilma Mankiller Quotes

I may have absolutely no control over what happens to us, but we can control how we respond. If we choose the right attitude, we can rise above whatever challenges we face.

Sometimes things don't go exactly as you'd wish. You have to be mentally strong to overcome those moments.

When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

You have to be as strong when things go wrong, but I don't get nervous.

When things don't go your way, it bites you from within, and you have to find a way to get out of it.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.

If you ever hear yourself or anyone you care about starting to express the belief that a problem is permanent, it’s time to immediately shake that person loose. No matter what happens in your life, you’ve got to be able to believe, 'This, too, shall pass,' and that if you keep persisting, you’ll find a way.

Learning to expect problems saved me from a lot of wasted energy. Winners see problems as just another way to prove themselves.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.

The first question to be answered by any individual or by any social group, The real handle facing a hazardous sit - to a difficult uation, is whether the stuaton crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair.

I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.

I love hearing stories about, you know, people who are overcoming challenges in their life. And when you experience hardships, you can either fold or rally, and just by a paradigm shift in your belief system.

Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days ahead.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

All of us suffer difficulties in our lives. And if you say to yourself 'find a way,' you'll make it through.

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

Things you don't expect come up, and you have to adapt. You can't let it throw you off. You have to cope. Those are all really valuable skills, in life and racing.