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 river
• 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
• Bouncing 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 Languages

Spanish – resiliencia

French – résilience

German – Widerstandsfähigkeit

Italian – resilienza

Swedish – elasticitet

Basque – erresilientzia

Portugese – resiliência