Michael Lee-Chin Quotes

Life is a bunch of ups and downs. It's how you handle it.

People think my life has been tough, but I think has been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happens, but how you deal with it.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Sometimes the adversities you go through help you become a person you are proud of, and instead of hating what you're going through, maybe bless it because for some reason; it is going to build you into that person that you are proud of being.

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

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.

It's good to have a bad season because you learn a lot about yourself; you become stronger, and you see where you have to improve.

I have learnt that life is full of ups and downs. And even though I've had rough times, I can't complain.

You have to go through the ups and downs to really be able to root yourself and focus on what's important.

I don't think I'm any worse for my bad experiences. Actually, they have made me better.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

There were times when I thought I got a bit more punishment than was coming to me, but I don't regret a minute of it now. Each of us must be tempered in some fire. Nobody had more to do with choosing the fire that tempered me than myself, and instead of finding fault with the fire I give thanks that I had the metal to take the temper and hold it.

There will always be people in your life who treat you wrong. Be sure to thank them for making you strong.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

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

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

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.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.