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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy QUOTES

Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy QUOTES

1 " When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

2 " Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

3 " Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. It comes from gratitude for what’s good in our lives and from leaning in to the suck. It comes from analyzing how we process grief and from simply accepting that grief. Sometimes we have less control than we think. Other times we have more. I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

4 " One of the most important things I’ve learned is how deeply you can keep loving someone after they die. You may not be able to hold them or talk to them, and you may even date or love someone else, but you can still love them every bit as much. Playwright Robert Woodruff Anderson captured it perfectly: “Death ends a life, but it does not end a relationship.” Last "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

5 " grounded hope”—the understanding that if you take action you can make things better. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

6 " post-traumatic growth could take five different forms: finding personal strength, gaining appreciation, forming deeper relationships, discovering more meaning in life, and seeing new possibilities. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

7 " not everything that happens to us happens because of us. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

8 " I am more vulnerable than I thought, but much stronger than I ever imagined. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

9 " Building resilience depends on the opportunities children have and the relationships they form with parents, caregivers, teachers, and friends. We can start by helping children develop four core beliefs: (1) they have some control over their lives; (2) they can learn from failure; (3) they matter as human beings; and (4) they have real strengths to rely on and share. These "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

10 " I couldn’t understand when friends didn’t ask me how I was. I felt invisible, as if I were standing in front of them but they couldn’t see me. When someone shows up with a cast, we immediately inquire, “What happened?” If your ankle gets shattered, people ask to hear the story. If your life gets shattered, they don’t. People "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

11 " Philosopher Søren Kierkegaard said that life can only be understood backward but it must be lived forward. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

12 " When companies fail, it’s usually for reasons that almost everyone knows but almost no one has voiced. When someone isn’t making good decisions, few have the guts to tell that person, especially if that person is the boss. One "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

13 " We see the potential for good in others and gain hope that we can survive and rebuild. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

14 " I thought resilience was the capacity to endure pain, so I asked Adam how I could figure out how much I had. He explained that our amount of resilience isn’t fixed, so I should be asking instead how I could become resilient. Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity—and we can build it. It isn’t about having a backbone. It’s about strengthening the muscles around our backbone. Since "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

15 " All over the world, there is cultural pressure to conceal negative emotions. In China and Japan, the ideal emotional state is calm and composed.10 In the United States, we like excitement (OMG!) and enthusiasm (LOL!). As psychologist David Caruso observes, “American culture demands that the answer to the question ‘How are you?’ is not just ‘Good.’11 … We need to be ‘Awesome.’ ” Caruso adds, “There’s this relentless drive to mask the expression of our true underlying feelings.” Admitting that you’re having a rough time is “almost inappropriate.” Anna "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

16 " We find our humanity—our will to live and our ability to love—in our connections to one another. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

17 " A traumatic experience is a seismic event that shakes our belief in a just world, robbing us of the sense that life is controllable, predictable, and meaningful. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

18 " That even in the face of the most shocking tragedy of my life, I could exert some control over its impact. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

19 " Psychologists have found that over time we usually regret the chances we missed, not the chances we took. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

20 " When children feel comfortable asking for help, they know they matter. They see that others care and want to be there for them. They understand that they are not alone and can gain some control by reaching out for support. They realize that pain is not permanent; things can get better. "

― Sheryl Sandberg , Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy