Wendell Phillips Quotes

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

I've stood the test of time, weathered a lot of storms and hurdled a lot of obstacles.

Resilience is distinct from mere survival, and more than mere endurance. Resilience is often endurance with direction.

Under pressure, I don't go down, I go up.

You can put me in a cage, on a ladder, in any kind of match, and I will persevere. I will find a way.

You never want to be in a bases-loaded, no-outs position, but dammit, when you're there, you better enjoy it. You better not sit there and sulk about it. You better rise up and figure it out.

It's always darkest before the dawn. The bigger your challenge, the closer you are to your victory.

It is wonderful what you can do when you have to.

Things will always go wrong so ride through your difficulties and learn from them.

A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive.

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.