Resilience

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure—they can be turned into wisdom.

Success isn't final. Failure isn't fatal. It's the courage to continue that counts.

If you're not failing every now and then, you're playing it way too safe.

Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition—such as lifting weights—we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Failure lies not in falling down but in not getting back up.

We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

We need to accept that we don't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success. It's part of success.

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope, and looking forward to a better day.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand.

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Take risks. Ask the dumb questions. Fail if you have to, and then get up and do it again.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Are you paralyzed with fear? That's a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can?