Phillips Brooks Quotes

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.

The only thing I pray for is the strength to go out without complaining.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

I have the strength to endure it all.

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

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.

My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

Inner strength is very important.

I've had to be tough my whole life.