Seneca the Younger Quotes

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.

I believe I am strong mentally. My breaking points might be bigger than most players. I think it's because of the way I grew up with my two older brothers. They pushed my limits quite often - once every day, I think! I think that played a big role in my breaking point being bigger than most players. Not all players.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

When we face the worst that can happen in any situation, we grow. When circumstances are at their worst, we can find our best.

It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken

It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

I love hearing stories about, you know, people who are overcoming challenges in their life. And when you experience hardships, you can either fold or rally, and just by a paradigm shift in your belief system.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

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