Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Quotes

All my challenges have become opportunities.

The secret in life is to make every obstacle into an opportunity.

I converted a problem into an opportunity.

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

The world is full of challenges, but with those come opportunity, and I'm an opportunist.

I want to let little kids know that no matter what situation they come up in, that they're not exempt from success. All I ever wanted was for people to believe in me and just recognize my potential. I came, I struggled, I made it, I conquered.

'Silver Linings' has proved a golden opportunity for me.

In my life, I don't have roadblocks and obstacles. I might have something you would call a 'challenge.' I throw that out the window, and I call that a wonderful opportunity.

When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there.

I didn't get the high school opportunity, but it always worked out.

I'm living proof that whatever happens to you in life, you can turn base metal into gold.

It is very important to transform every disadvantage into an advantage.

Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.

When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.

Successful people see adversity as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

I've learned that many of the worst things lead to the best things, that no great thing is achieved without a couple of bad, bad things on the way to them, and that the bad things that happen to you bring, in some cases, the good things.