Ashleigh Murray Quotes

I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.

I've been fighting since I was a child, fighting to get out of my circumstances.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

What I learned for myself... is that no matter what the circumstances, people survive.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.

Man. I've been through a lot as a kid. But at the same time that upbringing just made me stronger and made me more determined to make it out of where I made it out from and just fight extra hard to not go back.

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.

I grew up in low-income areas and I've seen people take negative energy and just accept it. They give into and end up living a pretty rough life. At a young age, I just knew I wasn't going to give in because I didn't want to end up being one of those people in the neighborhood that didn't have anything and lived a hard life.

I see I'm changing the game and opening doors for others, from my beginning from the east end of London. It's not a sob story; it made me the person I am today. It's seeing kids from any area or background you're from. There's a chance; you can make it.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.

I want the world to see, you can have a million stones thrown at you and you can still be positive.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.