Satya Nadella Quotes

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

I've gone through my trials and tribulations, and sure, it's gotten bumpy and all that, but I'm here. OK?

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

You can get beat any day.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

It's okay to lose. Losing teaches you something. Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting.

The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Life is warfare.

There is no success without hardship.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.