Victoria Arlen Quotes

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

Once you lose everything, what's the worst that's going to happen to you? You develop a self-assurance.

I'm a fighter and not a victim. Think of yourself and make the most of life.

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.

I am not a victim. I do not blame anyone for the circumstances of my life.

Be a victor , not a victim.

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.

You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.

'That which does not kill me makes me stronger' is not a law of the universe. What it can be, if we so choose, is a resolution.

What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

I'm not a regrets-type person.

In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person.

I'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my 'spaceship' and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

None of us has control over the economy, the job market, or anything else in the global sense. But we are 100% in charge of how we respond to challenges that come our way, be it the loss of a job, a career derailment, or some other disappointment.

I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.

I think the rejection - if it's taken in the right spirit, it can make you a better person. And I think that is what I've always striven for. If one thing didn't work out, a project or anything, it doesn't mean that I lose my own confidence. In fact, I give myself a lot more confidence and opportunities.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

When I have criticism that I feel is unfair, the rejection does disturb me, but it also strengthens me. I used to get turned down for all sorts of jobs. I used to writhe in pain, but then I would say, 'Good. Good. I will get stronger for this.'

People could tell me I was not good at something and, even if I wasn't, I told myself I was.

It's so valuable to learn that when you put yourself in an uncomfortable situation, you'll be fine, and you'll probably come out even stronger.

Even going back to the haters, it's messed up what they say, but that's made me stronger, and it's built me into who I am today, and I am completely fine with that.