Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.

I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.

A man shares his days with hunger, thirst, and cold, with the good times and the bad, and the first part of being a man is to understand that.

Character - Some day, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer. Character cannot be made except by a steady, long-continued process.

An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

What don't break you will make you.

I've obviously learned a lot, a lot of mental toughness, learned how to deal with some adversity. Hopefully I'm better for it.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life, and my pleasure comes from learning something.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

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.

Women are capable of enduring a tremendous amount of disappointment and still have a good life.

You have to go through tough experiences and go through some battles, in order to be stronger.

What did not demolish me simply polished me.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

The key to growing up well, is being tough enough.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.