The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.
All that was great in the past was ridiculed, condemned, combated, suppressed – only to emerge all the more powerfully, all the more triumphantly from the struggle.
If it’s hard, do it hard! Nobody said it would be easy.
God will not place a burden on a man’s shoulders knowing that he cannot carry it.
Don’t be afraid of a little opposition. Remember that the ‘Kite’ of success generally rises AGAINST the wind of Adversity, not with it.
Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.
Life for me has not been a crystal stair.
When you struggle with a problem, that’s when you understand it.
Never run back to what broke you.
Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument.
I’d made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
It’s okay to fail; it’s not okay to quit.
Know yourself and you will win all battles.
When all your energy is gone! When you have nothing left! That’s when it’s show time!
Where there is no struggle, there is absolutely no progress.
There are two pains in life. There is the pain of discipline and the pain of disappointment. If you can handle the pain of discipline, then you’ll never have to deal with the pain of disappointment.
It’s ok to not be ok, but it’s not ok to stay that way.
You have to go through the worst to get to the best.
The purpose of life is finding the largest burden that you can bear and bearing it.
There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.