Robert W. Service Quotes

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

It is hardship that makes clear who the "fighters" are.

No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.

Under pressure, would I fold and disappear, or would I show everyone that when bad things happen, you fight?

Life is not for the faint of heart.

Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

The truth is that life is hard and dangerous; that he who seeks his own happiness does not find it; that he who is weak must suffer; that he who demands love will be disappointed; that he who is greedy will not be fed; that he who seeks peace will find strife; that truth is only for the brave; that joy is only for him who does not fear to be alone; that life is only for the one who is not afraid to die.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

These are the times that try men's souls.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

In my early days in school, I had no shoes, no school bags. There were days I had only one meal... I walked miles and crossed rivers to school every day. Didn't have power, didn't have generators, studied with lanterns, but I never despaired.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

I've always believed in survival.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.

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

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.