Malcolm Muggeridge Quotes

We have two lives, the life we learn with and the life we live with after that. Suffering is what brings us toward happiness.

Life is a series of tests; but if you pass your tests, you look back upon them as good experiences.

Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact.

I think with all the odd jobs I ever had, there was some kind of enlightenment but, yes, a lot of pain and suffering that I don't want to relive.

If I hadn't gone through some of the painful experiences in my life, I would not be me.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

All my life, since the time I was little, has been a long distraction. At least that is the way some people want to perceive it, but for me, it's given me a lot of strength.

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

I'm probably wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again. Every little thing that happens to you, good and bad, becomes a little piece of the puzzle of who you become. Every successful person you read about - Warren Buffett, Bill Gates - they all say pretty much the same thing. 'Do what you love.' I know I did.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.

My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.

The way I look at the world, if you can't find a way to get something good out of the experience, then you have lived an unhappy life. All the actors I have worked with, superstars or otherwise, I have enjoyed.

I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be here.