Terri Windling Quotes

It's easier to lose than to win.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

To survive is to win.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

Survival is triumph enough.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

Success is survival.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

Failure, failure, failure, partial success, renewed failure, ultimate and complete victory.

People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn't kill myself and now, thank God, I'm here.

I had to fight; I had to fall, and I had to get hurt to be where I am.

I've survived. I've beaten my own bad system, and on some days, on most days, that feels like a miracle.

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.

The fight's the fight.

We have all lost before and we will win again.

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.

Scars are the price you pay for success.

I tell people that the best thing that can ever happen to you is getting fired, and you can either sink or swim, and I swam like hell. The reason why I swam the way I swam was because there was nothing else for me.

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.

Success is the best revenge.