Henry David Thoreau Quotes

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"

I was raised to face any challenge.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

To the stars through thorns.

You can all get what you want to get, and so my journey was to show you how many times along the way adversity has stared me right in the face, and I've looked it right back and said, 'No.'

Despite being through 100 hurdles, I have stood up for myself.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.

View the events you consider obstacles as perfect opportunities to test your resolve and find your purpose.

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

The things that go wrong for you have a lot of potential to become part of your gift to the world.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.

Hard times may test me, they cannot destroy me.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.