William Landay Quotes

What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

You can and you must expect suffering.

We can take suffering to be an opportunity to learn and to grow. But if we are honest, we should remember that this is making the best of a bad job, and that minimising suffering takes priority over optimising its outcome.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

You're not going to live your life unscathed.

I've been through worst, seen worst.

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.

Nietzsche famously said "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." But what he failed to stress is that it almost kills you.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

Nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you in half and keep on going until you get to the other side.

There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while.

You're never given more pain than you can handle. You never, ever get more than you can take.

It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.

The longer I live, the less chance I'll ever recover from what life keeps doing to me.

My father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," - 'til the accident.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

Because nobody goes through life without a scar.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

Being knee-deep in sadness or suffering and refusing to look down - to me, that represents something more powerful than someone who's never gone through difficulty.