Carl Lewis Quotes

Everything of worth is found full of difficulties.

A smooth life is not a victorious life.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

They say behind mountains are more mountains.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

Struggle is part of the journey.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Nothing's ever easy as long as you go on living.

To the stars through thorns.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success.

Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.

I've had much more down in my life than I've had up. And much more struggle. First of all, when I went into the film school everybody said, "What are you doing? This is a complete dead-end for a career."

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark; but you are supposed to go through them.

Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.

Life is a series of problems.

You shouldn't side-step suffering if you have to go through it to get where you're going.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards.