No Matter How You Say It: Resilience

Word Origin

Resilience comes from the Latin root resiliens, from re– “back” + salire “to jump, leap”. Can you see how Resilience is rebounding or jumping back?

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Sign Language

Resilient

Can you see how Resilient is working your way to success?

Defeatist

Can you see how Defeatist is thinking negatively?


Resilience Idioms

  • Be a fighter

  • Be adaptable

  • Be like a fire

  • Be like a mountain

  • Be like a phoenix rising from the ashes

  • Be like a rubber band

  • Be like a seed

  • Be like a star

  • Be like a sunbeam

  • Be like a wave

  • Be like a willow tree

  • Be optimistic

  • Be persistent

  • Be resourceful

  • Be strong-willed

  • Bend without breaking

  • Bounce back

  • Find the silver lining

  • Have a can-do attitude

  • Have a never-say-die attitude

  • Have a positive outlook

  • Have a tough skin

  • Have grit

  • Make the best of a bad situation

  • Never give up

  • Pick yourself up by your bootstraps

  • Rise above the ashes

  • Roll with the punches

  • Snapping back

  • Tough as nails

  • Turn lemons into lemonade

  • Weather the storm


In Other Words

  • Flexibility

  • Buoyancy

  • Irrepressibility

  • Adaptability

  • Recovering Quickly


Resilience Icons


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