Angela Duckworth Quotes

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.

My mentality is still the same. I have to continue to get better.

How many years of fatigue and punishment it takes to learn the simple truth that work, that disagreeable thing, is the only way of not suffering in life, or at all events, of suffering less.

Like running trying to live a good life has to hurt a little bit, or we're not running hard enough, not really trying.

None of us can come to the highest maturity without enduring the summer heat of trials.

I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, an that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire." (From Rebecca)

You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.

People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.

I like being challenged. That's the only way you grow.

Often the best guys are just those that can suffer longer, who don't give up. And it's so easy to give up, when you're on a mountain and it's really hurting. We go through a lot physically.

I'm a big believer that success is never final and failure is never fatal.

The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.

Mistakes happen, and then you try to overcome those. I like that process.

Any time you're banged up, your body hurts, you don't really feel like going to the gym. That's when I feel like you really have to push through it. That's when you really make the leaps and bounds in your game. So, pushing through those days is never easy, but that's what gets you good.

I felt, and it may sound a bit stupid, that I want to try things that are hard.

I had to play the cards that I was dealt to get better mentally, physically, and push myself to limits that I didn't think I was capable of.

You just gotta stay positive and take every day as a chance to improve and every practice. And every week you're not having a fight, there's a chance to improve.

Embarrassment is where growth happens.

I'm learning along the way, and there's going to be some little bumps and bruises, but as long as I keep rolling with the punches, I will keep moving up.

No matter what is going on in your life today, remember, it is only preparation. People come and go; situations rise and fall; it's all preparation for better things. You must stretch, reach, grow into your goodness. Without the preparation we receive through adversity, disappointment, confusion, or pain, we could not appreciate the goodness when it arrives.

The more one has suffered, the less one demands. To protest is a sign one has traversed no hell.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.