Fawad Khan Quotes

I'm so grateful for where I am now, but I think I'm more grateful because it's been so hard-won; I haven't given up, and I've had plenty of reasons to give up.

I grew up poor. The fact that I had to struggle to succeed, that wasn't a big deal to me. I'd struggled my whole life.

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

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

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

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.

Success came to us at an age where we could enjoy it. We went through a lot of hard times, so we appreciate success all the more now.

And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.

I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person.

When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.

Anything that is worth struggling for is worth singing for.

It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.

I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.

Struggles are what made everything worth while.

I train like I never had nothing 'cause I ain't never had nothing.

I did everything I wanted to when I had nothing.

I just think that my road has been so difficult to get where I'm at that I don't take anything for granted.

We had to struggle for what we've learned, but we're so thankful.

My mother really struggled when we were young. She was on food stamps and welfare. Looking back, I know we didn't have a lot, but I never felt I was at a loss for anything.

I grew up with nothing, and that was my motivation.

We had nothing, no money, when I was young. We lived in a council house. My dad struggled; my mum struggled. But that made me what I am. If I had everything on a plate from the start, maybe I would not have been a champion for 11 years.

Way back when I was working at the dump, I saw that, even when living among the trash, that some people would decide to choose joy in their lives.

I've been through a lot in my career, and the failure that I've gone through makes me really appreciate the moments of success much more.

Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.

Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.