Bob Riley Quotes

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

My light shines when things get really tough.

Once you've been through tough times, you can only become stronger.

Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

What really makes a hero a hero is if you take that person's hand, and you walk with that person, and they have a lot of weaknesses, but in the end, they overcome all of their obstacles.

The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.

I honestly think part of the appeal of 'Rumours' was that it was sort of heroic. We managed to push through in the face of so much personal adversity.

People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them.

I've been through worst, seen worst.

I think a person's true worth is measured during times of failure.

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wondering if you're ever gonna make it.

I have been through so much.

So once you hit like that place, where everything is stripped from you, everything is taken from you, you really discover who you really are. I discovered that I'm a real hero, that I can deal with that situation, that I can rise up to the challenge.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.