M. Scott Peck Quotes

I think life is very, very, very hard, and I've never had anything come super easy to me, no matter what people may think.

It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

I have definitely gone through my ups and downs and faced my adversity and my nay-sayers, but managed to do all right. It is a pretty classic tale.

In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

I'm so grateful for where I am now, but I think I'm more grateful because it's been so hard-won; I haven't given up, and I've had plenty of reasons to give up.

Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life.

'Gaucho' was a struggle for us for a lot of reasons, and in the end, we just sort of survived it.

Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life.

Everything in life is a fight. Everybody wants this microwavable life, and it doesn't work like that. I'm here to say, 'See what I went through? Look at me now.'

My entire life, nothing's been easy. This is the way it ought to be.

I've faced adversity throughout my whole life.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

I genuinely don't feel like a star, with the kind of struggle I've had to go through.

There have been plenty of stories of people who go through adversity and had a bump in the road. The guys who persevere and continue to work hard, it turns out OK for them.

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.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don't believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It's not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.

So many times in my life, people have tried to make me a failure.

Life is a struggle, but not a warfare.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.