Jay DeMarcus Quotes

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

We've gotten through a lot of tough times, and we're going to keep working to make them better. I wish the record was better.

I think that for people who are trying to make a difference, you have to start the company being naive. You wouldn't do it if you understood all the work. I work a lot. I wish it was easier.

It is so easy to be pleasant and charming and positive when life is going swimmingly well. You are winning. You are healthy. You are happy. But what happens when life throws darts at you?

I've always said, 'Before you see the rainbow, it has to storm.'

He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

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

I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall apart.

Everything's completely different, and it's been hard. Fortunately, I have a lot of wonderful people around me, and I think I'm handling things pretty well.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

Being an entrepreneur is tough. Really, really tough.

Adversity creates comedy.

God, he deals you blows that at sometimes you think you can't handle and in the last year there have been things that we thought we couldn't handle but we've dealt with it up until this point.

We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so.

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.