Ryan Ross Quotes

I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.

I'm a big believer in having to go through hard times to get to where you want to be. Nothing comes easy. You have to work.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Nothing has been easy for me... I've always had to work for everything I've gotten and everything I've accomplished.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.

By indignities men come to dignities.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy.

When I started out, I struggled, and I was broke a lot. But I'm glad I struggled, and I'm glad I was broke a lot.

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

I ain't going to say everything I touch turns to gold or camouflage. I've got to work hard to keep what I've got. Nothing comes easy to me. It never has.

Success is survival.

Anything that is worth struggling for is worth singing for.

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

I've always been the person to look at any turmoil as temporary. I recall times where my mom was working five and six jobs, and there's still no food in the house.