Joss Whedon Quotes

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

You know you're going to get burned from time to time. It's just part of the game. So when it happens you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and forget about it because they're about to snap the ball again.

As a player and a coach, I've had plenty of great moments, but I've also experienced disappointments. The disappointments are not about self-doubt, but rather about change. I've always seen failures as a personal challenge. I say to myself: Now I have to find out if I have the right stuff.

The things we overcome in life really become our strengths.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

I've become a pretty tough cookie after having a divorce. I think that I've persevered through a lot of talk.

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

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

My comfort wasn't the most important thing - my getting through to the other side of difficult feelings was. However long it might seem to take, and however unfair it might seem, it was my job to do it.

The war made me stronger; it was a very hard time for me and my family. I don't want to drag that with me forever, but I don't want to forget about it, either.

I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.

You have to experience and take defeat in any and all aspects of life so you can be better and stronger.

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, everybody knows this!

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.

One who does not fall, does not stand up.

If we approach adversities wisely, our hardest times can be times of greatest growth, which in turn can lead toward times of greatest happiness.