Darren Shan Quotes

Bottom line is, even if you see 'em coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are.

Nothing's perfect along the way [in life], and you ride the ups and downs. It's how you come out of those and continue on that I guess really matters.

Let's face it, life is a constant challenge. It's full of unexpected detours that no one but you can navigate.

There will be mistakes and there will be falters. There will be things that are not a part of your plan. See the challenges in your life and accept them and embrace them.

It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem.

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

Now, no matter what background you come from, there is nobody in this world who can say that their life is without troubles. Everybody faces problems at some point in their life. All that matters is how you deal with it.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

I've had to deal with my tragedies, and how you cope with them is what life's all about. You can choose to let them consume you or choose not to.

I think everyone in their life goes through challenges, whether it's love or money, kids or illness... You have to really not run away from that stuff.

Life is a bunch of ups and downs. It's how you handle it.

You come up against challenges in life, and it's how you deal with them that defines you.

If you let tragedies stop you along the way, then you're never going to grow as a person.

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.

I think it's important for people to know that bad things do happen to good people and that life can throw a serious curveball at even the most cautious and "prepared" people out there.

Things happen in my physical body, in my relationships. I've buried three fathers and a mother. I've had a doctor tell me I've got a tumor in my brain. And when you face those situations, they transform you, they change you, and when you're able to break through them to a new level, they allow you to have gifts to give other people.

As I contemplate all that you face in the world today, one word comes to my mind. It describes an attribute needed by all of us but one which you-at this time of your life and in this world-will need particularly. That attribute is courage.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

Not everything is going to go exactly as you plan. It's what you do when everything breaks down.

Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.

We're all going to have tests in our life... We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We're all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual.

You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect.