Shakti Gawain Quotes

And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me.

To be honest, whatever troubles I've had, I've also gotten the opportunities to do things.

I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

Adversity in life teaches you.

In a funny way, when things went wrong in my life - and it is my fault that they went wrong, it is not anyone else's fault - and all the glittering outside things were taken away, I was left with the things of most value.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

There is no education like adversity.

Everything bad happens to set up something good. I've always found that to be true. I think if most folks look back on the history of their lives, they'll see that.

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.

I think everybody has ups and downs in their lives. We learn from the biggest disappointments, right? You learn how to be humble to yourself and to be humble to others.

I was fortunate enough to have a situation in my life where everything did shake out and hit rock bottom, and I did see who was standing there and really saw who had my back for real.

I'm thankful for everything good and bad that happened to our band.

Nothing in my life has necessarily been easy, but eventually I see where it's gotten me to, and I say, 'Okay, it's been worth it.'

I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.

When you get too much, too quickly, too easily, you don't learn to fight.

I have seen extreme lows because of factors that were not in my hands - be it not having money to buy my first bike, dropping out of a prestigious engineering college without having a single rupee in my bank account, living with seven boys in a single-room kitchen in Mumbai, or eating nothing but khichdi every day. But I cherish all those moments.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad things...the challenge is to find the silver lining in every event, no matter how negative.

Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

I think there's always a lesson you can learn from any situation.

I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn.

Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they?

Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most