6 Albert Schweitzer Quotes on Resilience

Albert Schweitzer quotes on resilience

35. The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up. That is possible for him who never argues and strives with men and facts, but in all experience retires upon himself, and looks for the ultimate cause of things in himself.

42. Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it. A strength which becomes clearer and stronger through its experience of such obstacles is the only strength that can conquer them. Resistance is only a waste of strength.

84. Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.

101. One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

103. Serious illness doesn't bother me for long because I am too inhospitable a host.

111. The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.