Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

The difference between people who succeed and people who fail, I think in many cases it’s not fear. Everyone experiences fear. The difference is what do you do with your fear. Do you work to overcome it or do you let it defeat you? And I think that is actually what distinguishes very successful people from others.

You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems.

I'll always push myself because that's the journey of life. We do go through things. Some of it's incredibly great and some of it's really bad.

It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.

What people call success is only preparation for the next failure.

Success is often harder to take than failure.

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.

I've had my ups and downs. My fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds. That's what made me what I am today.

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.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Somebody told me that if you wake up every day and do stuff that's easy, then you're doing the wrong thing. If you wake up every day and do stuff that's really hard and you manage to get through to people, then you're doing the right thing. They might have just fooled me by telling me that, but it worked. I think that's my philosophy.

I like challenges and I don't believe in failure. I don't believe in regrets. I believe suffering, failure - all those concepts - are things that are absolutely necessary to make us the best people that we can be, the best at whatever we want to do.

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn't prepared to suffer during adversities, I don't really see how he can be successful.

You deal. You survive. You grow up and you build a career. And you remember these big/little hardships. They make you human.

Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.

You can be absolutely certain that when you feel you are being most unfairly tested, you are being prepared for great achievement.

Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

For the longest time, I was horrified to hear the word 'failure,' but I've come to realize that we all fail. It's just a part of life. We all fall. It's how you rebound that shows the type of person you are.

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.