Frederick William Robertson Quotes

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

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.

He knows not his own strength that has not met adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

The reward of suffering is experience.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

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'm interested in little people. 'The little, great people' is how I would put it, because suffering expands people.

One emerges as a better person after going through the wringer.

What don't break you will make you.

Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life

Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Trouble teaches men how much there is in manhood.

I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up and to move on.

'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?' In my case, I suppose it's not just a cliche.

You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wondering if you're ever gonna make it.

I'm very very happy for my hardships and misfortunes: they build character and make you a better person. Even if I think it's something you have to carry with you, it's definitely something that makes you more empathic towards other people, makes you understand people and relationships so much better.

When you experience lows like I have it just makes you hungry to go and succeed even more, and make sure days like that don't happen as much as they have done.

It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.

You learn from adversity more than anything because it allows you to see so much. It really allows you to see things in a different way.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

Having been through some adversity, starting from different points and having to work through the depth chart on many occasions, it's definitely helped my story.