R. Kelly Quotes

I like struggle.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

I thrive on adversity.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

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

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

There is no success without hardship.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

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

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

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

Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.

You either lose your way or you break through the hardships and play well. There is a massive difference.

I embraced every struggle because it made me the fighter I was.

I'm drawn to roles where someone has to struggle or fight.

I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.

I've had to fight for everything.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

Know that what you do in the time of your greatest trial can be your greatest triumph