Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

It is not ease, but effort-not facility, but difficulty, makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success can be achieved.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

I've definitely had some tough schoots. I'd say everything that I've done has had some sort of challenge that I've had to overcome. But it's the most satisfying feeling once you have and that's what I love about acting, sort of signing on to it knowing that it's going to be challenging.

Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.

I'm a little bit of a glutton for punishment, especially when it comes to work. I don't mind a bit of suffering. I think it's in suffering that we realize our best selves.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

Failure makes me work even harder.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.

Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?

The passion for stretching yourself and sticking to it, even (or especially) when it's not going well, is the hallmark of the growth mindset.

All success is quite temporary if you don't work hard enough to maintain where you are. Talent can get you somewhere but character keeps you there. You have to build character along the way and know when and know how to take the victories from situations even though they might seem grim.

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.