Resilience : (1491)

" When trouble strikes, which it always does – bad economy, bad quarter, activists, takeover – when trouble strikes, those board members who don’t understand or are not committed are not helpful. " - Carol Bartz

" When I ruptured my spleen, I was about to win the overall Series for the World Tour, and I was at the last event in Vermont for the U.S. Open and was having a great day. Then I just got a little too excited and just face-planted, and I knew something was wrong. I really couldn’t breathe, and my whole body was in so much pain. " - Jamie Anderson

" I’m always the underdog and I always win the fight. " - Jan Blachowicz

" Learn from the bad days and keep pushing through the good days. " - Minkah Fitzpatrick

" I’ve gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn’t kill you, you get stronger. " - Judy Collins

" I’ve always been that way where, if something doesn’t work out the first time, I won’t try to beat a dead horse. " - Brantley Gilbert

" Sickle cell disease has personally affected my family. " - Mike Conley Jr.

" You only live once but in my case, twice. I’m indestructible. " - Eddie Griffin

" While exceptional employees don’t seek conflict, they don’t run away from it either. They’re able to maintain their composure while presenting their positions calmly and logically. They’re able to withstand personal attacks in pursuit of the greater goal and never use that tactic themselves. " - Travis Bradberry

" I spent a lot of my infancy in hospital and actually started school in a wheelchair with this enormous plaster, and then into a surgical boot and callipers, none of which helps assimilation with other children. " - David Starkey