In many complex systems, efficiency, redundancy, and resiliency pull in different directions: More efficient systems, which are cheaper, eliminate redundancies, which provide… — Zeynep Tufekci Copy Share Image
“This process of applying stress to increase resilience was named antifragility by author and risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb.” — Gene Kim Copy Share Image
Anyone who has lived in an area with high unemployment knows how it erodes social bonds, lowers the resilience of the unemployed… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
“In the path of compassion our patience, resilience and endurance are often challenged. Sometimes we may fail but we have to stand… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Try. Fail. Fall. Get up. Fail again. Learn something. Get up again. Try again. Fail again. Learn more. Get back up Again… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
In its rather clinical view of death, 'True Grit' rivals the hardboiled world of 'Red Harvest'-era Dashiell Hammett and prefigures Cormac McCarthy… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
“A universal vision and a joint interest are steppingstones for full-blown empathy, and explicitly through empathy, we seize the pulsating assets of… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement,… — Patrisse Cullors Copy Share Image
The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Inner Resilience Program (IRP) to help New York City teachers in Ground Zero cope with the resulting trauma (Lantieri, Nambiar, & Chavez-Reilly,… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
“Whever we experience a pain or a loss... we usually bounce back. Sometimes even stronger. That's called "resiliency." Why can we do… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
Once-in-a-generation weather events are now becoming a regular occurrence. Whether it be public safety power shutoffs or electric system failures due to… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“They say that an educated inmate will not reoffend. This is not because an education assures that this guy will get hired… — Gregory Boyle Copy Share Image
To me, the most shocking thing about grit is how little we know, how little science knows, about building it. Every day,… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
As my kids grow up, I think a lot about the lessons and values I want to impart to them. More than… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
There are so many kids in this country growing up in poverty, facing very, very hard challenges... We need resilience for all… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Put the greatest emphasis on what's in you; your knowledge, your wisdom, your inner strength, your character, your tenacity and people will… — T. D. Jakes Copy Share Image
A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and a little malice or envy a world of… — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
I was six months pregnant when my brother died and my daughter was four-months-old when my mother expired. Gradually, I developed an… — Pooja Bedi Copy Share Image
In 'True Grit,' we had a vulture, a trained vulture... that was a pain and that was - even by vulture standards… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
Anyone who's been an usher knows it's a training in resilience. But you get such a film education. And the popcorn's free. — Zawe Ashton Copy Share Image
“Entrepreneurs don't fail because they want to, they fail because they don't have the right MINDSET to really succeed in a sustainable… — Tony Dovale Copy Share Image
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit. — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you… — Lacey Evans Copy Share Image
The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
“Fully commit to being a person of formidable intelligence and tenacity and a champion focused on every aspect of your own life.” — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
“Once he accepted God into his life, Michael immediately began receiving the benefit of small miracles—“gold nuggets,” he calls them—that he perceived… — George Critchlow Copy Share Image
“The “Warrior Ethos” emphasizes placing the mission first, not accepting defeat, and being disciplined physically and mentally. Why? Because an American Soldier… — Dan Smee Copy Share Image
“No matter how heavy and gruesome the cross you have to carry in your life, surrender to the suffering and RISE.” — Tina Sequeira Copy Share Image
“Everyone has an innate capacity to bounce back from setbacks, reconnect with their passion for work, do their best and thrive no… — Rani Bora Copy Share Image
All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
“Play is primal. It’s not a frivolous pastime—it’s a radical act of reclaiming joy and creativity in a world that often feels… — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
“Life may try to knock you down but be persistent with your passions - cultivate grit, resilience, tenacity and endurance success will… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
It is said that the compensation for the effort courage, tenacity, and endurance displayed during the journey was not happiness. Nor glory.… — Ingrid Betancourt Copy Share Image
“Life was never crafted for perfection — it was carved through failure. But fear not the fall; for it is in rising,… — Gary Tolan aka King Tolan Copy Share Image
I survived my childhood by birthing many separate identities to stand in for one another in times of great stress and fear. — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“Grits Pearl of Wisdom #2: Learn from the magnolia and don’t let grass grow beneath your feet. Keep moving, and live life… — Deborah Ford Copy Share Image
I just love it when people say I can't do it, there's nothing that makes me feel better because all my life,… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that… — Dave Pelzer Copy Share Image
