170 Quotes by Eric Greitens

If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.

Know this: anyone who does anything worthy, anything noble, anything meaningful, will have critics.

At the root of resilience is the willingness to take responsibility for results.

When we rob people of their pain – when we don’t allow them the possibility of failure – we also rob them of their happiness.

What happens to us becomes part of us. Resilient people do not bounce back from hard experiences; they find healthy ways to integrate them into their lives. In time, people find that great calamity met with great spirit can create great strength.

Across the globe, even in the world’s “worst places,” people found ways to turn pain into wisdom and suffering into strength. They made their own actions, their very lives, into a memorial that honored the people they had lost.

People who think you weak will offer you an excuse. People who respect you will offer you a challenge.

The excellent fail more often than the mediocre.

When real transformation does occur in someone’s life, it usually happens through evolution, not revolution. Every time we make a choice to confront our fear, our character evolves and we become more courageous. Every time we make a choice to move through pain to pursue a purpose larger than ourselves, our character evolves and we become wiser. Every time we make a choice to move through suffering, our character evolves and we become stronger.