resilient mindset Quotes

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.

I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I'd still land on my feet.

A healthy state can exist only when the men and women who make it up lead clean, vigorous, healthy lives; when the children are so trained that they shall endeavor, not to shirk difficulties, but to overcome them; not to seek ease, but to know how to wrest triumph from toil and risk.

Every moment is an invitation to live out of your weakness or to live out of your strength.

Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.

A healthy mind can live in an unhealthy body.

Invincible is never how I felt, but optimistic... yes.

My goal is not to create a circumstance in which no one fails, but one in which many will succeed.

Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted , cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.

Often out of periods of losing come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak.

Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.

What shall we think of a well-adjusted slave?

No worries. They don’t scare me. (Devyn) All right, but if my brain matter ends up smeared against a wall, I’ll never forgive you. (Alix)

Have patience, heart.

After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.

A life alert to simple pleasures, with perception cultivated and attuned to beauty, and a large capacity for friendship can serve us well come what may.

In the UK a lot of people don't like to try. There's a different cultural thing. Here [in USA] if you try and fail, you get up again and start again and keep going. People respect you for it. Even if you keep failing, they respect the tenacity.

We're all victims of what life deals out. It's how we handle it that's important.

I'm going to trust God that I'm not going to completely burn out, and that I'll have the energy in me to stay in it. Fortunately, I have really excellent people around me that are helping me.

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Mighty of heart, mighty of mind, magnanimous-to be this is indeed to be great in life.