John Barth Quotes

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

Necessity makes heroes of us all.

The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.

Adversity creates heroes.

I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.

I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.

I think I'm a survivor. I could have suffered at least 100 professional deaths. I could come up with a list of the 100 times I've come closest to death, from having pneumonia as a child to car crashes.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I've lived through a lifetime of crises and survived.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight.

I know that I'm very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I've spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.

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

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

Man. I've been through a lot as a kid. But at the same time that upbringing just made me stronger and made me more determined to make it out of where I made it out from and just fight extra hard to not go back.

I've been fighting since I was 15. I know what war is.

I survived a terrorist attack and got stabbed another four times, literally stabbed in the heart, and somehow, I'm going to be 100 percent OK.

To those out there who are suffering from cancer, facing adversity, I want you to know that your will to live can make all the difference in the world.

I fought for my survival since infancy.

I grew up on the street, and I found a way to vent my frustrations through fighting.

War made my everyday problems seem much smaller, and when it is hard sometimes, I just remember that it could be much worse.