William Kent Krueger Quotes

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

I have to accept everything... I will be back strong.

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.

The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.

Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.

Be strong! Don't talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave. Everyone must work out his own salvation.

Without defeats, how do you really know who the hell you are? If you never had to stand up to something - to get up, to be knocked down, and to get up again - life can walk over you wearing football cleats. But each time you do get up, you're bigger, taller, finer, more beautiful, more kind, more understanding, more loving. Each time you get up, you're more inclusive. More people can stand under your umbrella.

It is not the strong one that wins, the one that wins is strong.

If Gone With the Wind has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others, apparently just as able, strong, and brave, go under? It happens in every upheaval. Some people survive; others don't. What qualities are in those who fight their way through triumphantly that are lacking in those that go under? I only know that survivors used to call that quality 'gumption.' So I wrote about people who had gumption and people who didn't.

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

When you face difficult times, know that challenges are not sent to destroy you. They're sent to promote, increase and strengthen you.

Early in life, I decided that I would not be overcome by events. My philosophy has been that regardless of the circumstances, I shall not be vanquished, but will try to be happy. Life is not easy for any of us. But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful - and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example.

The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.

A person has to be strong in life. A person must practice strength, even if they don't feel it.