Ron Perlman Quotes

I've had to be tough my whole life.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.

You have to learn how to fight through when it sucks and it's really hard.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

I had to face imprisonment and house arrests, but it made me tougher.

You win some, you lose some. You get hit you don't get hit, but it's not about how hard you get hit. I think it's about how hard you get hit, then still get up and deliver an even harder punch. I think that's what it is all about.

Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.