Christopher Reeve Quotes

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

I like to overcome great challenges.

Somebody is always doing something that somebody else said couldn't be done.

There aren't many hits like 'Kinky Boots,' so when you get one, the gratitude that comes with it fuels your energy. From the time I started in this business, everybody told me that who I was and what I represented would never work. Well, I get to stand on stage every day and prove the naysayers wrong by doing exactly what they told me not to do.

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

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

All successful people learn that success is buried on the other side of frustration.

Every project has its things to be overcome, but I didn't find that there was anything particularly impossible about what we were doing - it was all quite exciting.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

Perseverance and perspective until victory.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

Never give up, and be confident in what you do. There may be tough times, but the difficulties which you face will make you more determined to achieve your objectives and to win against all the odds.

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.