Werner Herzog Quotes

You're going to have highs and lows, but it's how you get through the lows.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

I love hearing stories about, you know, people who are overcoming challenges in their life. And when you experience hardships, you can either fold or rally, and just by a paradigm shift in your belief system.

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

Carry in your memory, for the rest of your life, the good things that came out of those difficulties. They will serve as a proof of your abilities and will give you confidence when you are faced by other obstacles.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

You've only mastered the storm you can sleep through.

We're all going to have tests in our life... We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We're all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work.

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

I think about giving up. I almost do.

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge.

A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him.

I’ve told you the four thunderstorms – disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die

Life gives no one immunity against adversity, but life gives to everyone the power of positive thought which is sufficient to master all circumstances of adversity and convert them into benefits.

Life is not all fun and easy going. Far from it; there are many rough times. But, sadly, we too often let the hard times dull our enthusiasm. And that is dangerous, if not fatal, to our lives.

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out.

What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

It’s not the struggles that define you; it’s how you overcome them.

I have my good and bad days, but when it's tough I just push through it.