Major Taylor Quotes

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.

There can be dramas in your life and you can get over them and become someone. You don't have to wallow in self-pity; you can actually use the experiences in your life to push yourself further and help others.

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

We're all capable of being more than we presently are, and the effort that it takes and the will that it takes and sometimes the trauma and tragedy that it takes to force us into that kind of growth is the story of our lives.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

I had my share of issues, but now, it's something that's made me who I am and no complaints.

It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

I have become the person I am today, as a result of both the successes and the scars in my life.

This world and life of ours are filled with inequalities. The worst possible use to make of this fact, however, is to allow resentments to possess us. All of us have imagined limitations, but we have also the privilege of pushing them aside, and spreading our lives out! We never know any of our limitations until we put ourselves to the test. There are always "growing pains" working within us.

Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.

I've tested life and I've learned what works for me.

If my life can inspire people, then a television show where guests talk about their challenges and what makes them unique would work.

Oh, I would love to be a motivational speaker. I have pulled myself out of a million potholes, and I can see the potholes ahead of me. That doesn't mean that I could always do that so perfectly for my own life. I totally fall in potholes.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.

The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.