Tony Robbins Quotes

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it. Artists do; I don't mean you need to live in a rat hole or gutter, but you have to learn fortitude, endurance. Only vegetables are happy.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.

Life is not for the faint of heart.

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.

Why do we dread adversity when we know that facing it is the only way to become stronger, smarter, better?

Life has a way of breaking even the strongest among us.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

The more obstacles you face and overcome, the more times you falter and get back on track, the more difficulties you struggle with and conquer, the more resiliency you will naturally develop. There is nothing that can hold you back, if you are resilient.

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

In my race, there's 10 hurdles, but in life, there is always a hurdle. There is always something you gotta get over, and it's what you do, you know.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.

Life throws you curveballs and there are things that happen - you don't understand why they happened at the time. But then you step back and understand you're a better fighter and competitor because of the things that happened.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

Carry on, carry on, what don't kill us makes us strong.

We learn to fight and to grow strong by fighting.

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

Our predecessors overcame many troubles and much suffering, but each time got back up stronger than before.

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way.