John Trudell Quotes

I don't think I'm any worse for my bad experiences. Actually, they have made me better.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Disappointment builds character and strength.

When stuff happens to you, it just makes you tougher, man.

I've had some ups and downs in my personal life, but I have overcame them.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

I'm not afraid of scars, be them emotional or otherwise. I think it builds character, and if it doesn't destroy you, I truly believe it makes us stronger.

Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?

Sometimes the adversities you go through help you become a person you are proud of, and instead of hating what you're going through, maybe bless it because for some reason; it is going to build you into that person that you are proud of being.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

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

I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.

I am a sweet old softy, but it took toughness to get through what I went through.

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

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.

It's good to have a bad season because you learn a lot about yourself; you become stronger, and you see where you have to improve.

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

I always believe that the experiences that you go through are what make you stronger and what help you push forward through life.

There's challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.