Rudy Giuliani Quotes

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.

Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us.

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.

They say everything you go through in your childhood builds character and inner strength.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

The force of character is cumulative.

Knowing that you have something you have to deal with, rising to the occasion, builds character.

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

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

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

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

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.