Kris Kristofferson Quotes

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

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

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Everything in life is a lesson and I have learned from each marriage. Yes, I've made mistakes but every experience is a learning curve.

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you can handle, and if you come out the other end with some wisdom, then it's not such a bad thing.

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

Life's experiences, whether they be pleasant or unpleasant, torturous or excruciatingly wonderful and blissful, you know, season you somehow and you learn from them.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.

Every experience makes you a man.

My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.

Life experiences can, at times, be quite humbling, but you learn from them. But I like the changes in my life and what kind of person they've made me into. I'm very open, not as judgmental as I was in my twenties, and a lot more compassionate.

We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts.

I'm open. All of my situations have made me who I am.

I learn from each experience, and I take it for what it is and gain what I can.

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

When you experience difficulty at work or in your life, instead of looking back on it as something that was really challenging, look at it and ask yourself, 'What wisdom did I learn from that?'

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.

I've made my share of mistakes, but I've learned.

I've learned my lessons, but I'm also still learning them.

I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.