David O. Russell Quotes

The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.

My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should.

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge.

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

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

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

People think my life has been tough, but I think has been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

In spite of discouragement and adversity, those who are happiest seem to have a way of learning from difficult times, becoming stronger, wiser and happier as a result.

Even though I wish I had a better childhood, I wouldn't trade it, because it made me who I am today. I still respect the people that hurt me.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

It will always be relevant and always be inspiring to see somebody turning themselves into a warrior.

When you live life like The Nature Boy, there are some monumental highs and, sadly, some unbelievable lows. No matter what happens in his life, he always comes back bigger and better than any of us can even imagine.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

A lot of the things that happened to me came out of the blue, but I'm exactly the same person now as I was when I was sick. I'm still a very optimistic person.

When stuff happens to you, it just makes you tougher, man.