Sextus Propertius Quotes

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

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

To the stars through thorns.

I like to overcome great challenges.

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

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

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

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

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.

The harder the race, the better.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

We have done the impossible. And that makes us mighty.