Geneva Carr Quotes

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and effort; of labour and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes not to the man who desires mere easy peace but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. A life of ignoble ease, a life of that peace which springs merely from lack either of desire or of power to strive after great things, is as little worthy of a nation as of an individual.

There were so many points where I was like, 'I can't do this.' It was too exhausting. It's just a lot, and then suddenly something happens, and your career changes, and it's so much fun and wonderful. I look back on those moments, and I'm so glad I didn't give up.

I like struggle.

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

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

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.

I've always had to fight. Throughout my life, it's been a fight to get to where I am now.

There have been plenty of stories of people who go through adversity and had a bump in the road. The guys who persevere and continue to work hard, it turns out OK for them.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

I've certainly had periods when I felt like life was winning and I was losing, so I think everybody can relate to that quandary - the temptation to give in, to give up, and then what It takes to keep going.

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.

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

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.

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

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

You have to remember that the hard days are what make you stronger. The bad days make you realize what a good day is. If you never had any bad days, you would never have that sense of accomplishment!

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.