Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

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

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.

Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

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

There is no success without hardship.

You either lose your way or you break through the hardships and play well. There is a massive difference.

Scars are the price you pay for success.

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.

Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.

Without losers, where would the winners be?

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

Trouble is only an opportunity in work clothes.

I like struggle.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

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

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

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.

Champions all get kicked when they're down.

You learn the most from life's hardest knocks.