Richard G. Scott Quotes

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

At the end of the day, I understand that life has road blocks, and life is like school - you'll be tested; we gotta pass it.

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I know those challenges that come up from time to time in life are our little learning tools, our little steppingstones. If we didn't have those things in our life, how would we learn anything? We would just be walking around like nothing. We need those obstacles in our life because I know one thing - I'm a much better person for them.

I'm being tested each and every day. That's how life is.

Having challenges in your life open doors for you.

Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from them.

It has been a journey of ups and downs. There have been moments of immense joy and heartbreaks. Everything I have gone through has made me better.

The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth.

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, then life will send you a brick; if you ignore the brick, life will send you a brick wall; if you ignore the brick wall, life will send you a demolition truck.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

What doesn't kill you only makes your book longer.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

I don't have any problems in life, just situations.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

I've always felt in life, you get a lot of things you have to overcome.

I think it's always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the end. You're not a hero unless you've gone through the trials. And it makes these moments so much sweeter, so much better. I don't believe in 'deserved,' but I might believe in 'earned.'