35 business resilience quotes for staying strong under pressure (2025)

35 business resilience quotes that will boost your entrepreneurial mind

Here are some quotes to reflect on in times when you are dealing with burnout and need extra motivation:

1. “You don’t need to be a genius or a visionary, or even a college graduate for that matter, to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.” – Michael Dell
2. “Your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt.” – Jeremy Stoppelman
3. “Adversity doesn’t build character; it reveals it.” – James Lane Allen
4. “Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” – Ryan Freitas
5. “Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway
6. “When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realize that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam​​
7. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller
8. “It’s in crises that leaders, teams, and organizations are tested. This is when the big questions get asked. Does a practiced disaster recovery plan exist? What about a resilience strategy to respond and bounce back? Are all the systems in place to support work after a disaster?” – Jonathan Reichental
9. “Like tiny seeds with potent power to push through tough ground and become mighty trees, we hold innate reserves of unimaginable strength. We are resilient.” – Catherine DeVrye
10. “No one escapes pain, fear, and suffering. Yet from pain can come wisdom, from fear can come courage, from suffering can come strength – if we have the virtue of resilience.” – Eric Greitens
11. “Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before.” – Elizabeth Edwards
12. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” – Steve Maraboli
13. “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” – Gever Tulley
14. “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” – Gever Tulley
15. “Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others.” – Sharon Salzberg
16. “Resilience is the ability to attack while running away.” – Wes Fessler
17. “When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.” – Jaeda Dewalt
18. “Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.” – Yasmin Mogahed
19. “Successful people demonstrate their resilience through their dedication to making progress every day, even if that progress is marginal.” – Jonathan Mills
20. “Resilience isn’t a single skill. It’s a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive.” – Jean Chatzky
21. “Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary Holloway
22. “Life throws challenges but with patience and resilience, you can convert every challenge into a new opportunity to grow.” – Amit Ray
23. “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
24. “Resilience isn’t a single skill. It’s a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive.”  – Jean Chatzky
25. “Resilience is born by grounding yourself in your own loveliness, hitting notes you thought were way out of your range.” – Gregory Boyle
26. “Resilience is built from real hardship and cannot be bought or manufactured.” – Julie Lythcott-Haim
27. “The resilient leader recognizes the importance of bouncing back with vigor, not just for themselves but for the health of their organization.” — Deborah Ancona
28. “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
29. “Resilience is not about how you endure. It’s about how you recharge.” — Shawn Achor
30. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” — Henry Ford
31. “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” — Jean de La Bruyère
32. “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” — Albert Einstein
33. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
34. “Resilience is built by putting one foot in front of the other. Even when we fear the steps, we take the step.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
35. “Resilience is about being able to look at your situation realistically and say, ‘This is bad, but I have the skills to handle it.” — Selene Kinder

Conclusion

Resilient organizations adapt to the storm, innovate, and find opportunities in the midst of any challenges and obstacles. If you had a chance to read our previous article, many business success quotes mentioned the role of resilience in achieving long-term success.