David Allan Coe Quotes

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

I like struggle.

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

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

I want a kid to look at me and say, 'You know what, this man had no chance in life, but he stayed in there, and he worked hard. He dedicated himself, and he did it'.

The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better.

I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

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

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Nothing has been easy for me... I've always had to work for everything I've gotten and everything I've accomplished.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.