John D. Rockefeller Quotes

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

Life's biggest rewards come from the biggest challenges

I know I am extraordinarily lucky to be doing what I am doing. I have worked hard along the way and I have been blessed too. I have had a great life.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

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

Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.

Hard times always lead to something great.

Struggles are what made everything worth while.

A successful man is built of 1,000 failures.

My beliefs are that good people who work hard get their rewards. There will be struggle at times and hurdles along the way - life throws up all sorts - but in the end, you will prevail if you stick to the right path.

The American Dream - I believe in that cliche because I know what having nothing feels like.

You don't have to be born wealthy and have an aristocratic last name or have connections or all these things. If you have a dream, you can believe in something and work hard and struggle and fight for it and still have a chance to succeed.

If you can make it in Rockford, you can make it anywhere.

In life, nothing is always fun.

Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.

Life is a challenge, we must take it.

There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.

I was 16 when I quit gymnastics and decided to start acting. I started booking immediately after. I was very lucky and fortunate, but I also did the hard work. Half of it's hard work and half of it's luck. It's been working out so far. Fingers crossed for the future.

A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams.

The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.

Out of discomfort comes greatness.

I want to show that you don’t have to be older to live your dreams; you can do it at any age

Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!