Yoko Ono Quotes

I've had some ups and downs in my personal life, but I have overcame them.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

I feel like I learned that I am so much stronger than I ever thought I was, not just emotionally, but physically.

Me finding my confidence took me a while, but now I love that I went through everything I did before to get to where I am now.

I feel like I came through this year stronger and wiser, and I can go into 2015 in a much better place.

That tide of insecurity would come in and out over the years, sometimes stranding me for a while but occasionally lifting me just beyond what I thought I could acomplish. Either way, it would wash over the same bedrock certainty: ultimately, I know myself.

Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.

We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.

Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

Learning what all you can overcome as a person, as a human being, is very important. It's very important to understand your strength. Which is not to say you become hardened or bitter.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Give yourself a chance to see how much better life will get. And it will get better.

I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, 'I can face it'. That, to me, is happy. I want the characters to rescue themselves, though you use the relationships you have, to make you strong enough to be able to do that.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

Courage doesn't grow overnight. It can be a long process.

You can always be stronger.

I loved my start. I'm proud of my spots. I don't feel embarrassed by anything that I did... It definitely helped me more than hurt me.

I know I'm not the best, but I'm proud of myself.

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

When you have bad moments, you have to improve. You have to become stronger to deal with it, and I believe I have become stronger.

I feel proud of everything I've been through.