Deeyah Khan Quotes

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

Feminine force is that inner strength, that power, that will to face down any negative circumstances in life and defeat them.

I wanted people to know that I've been through the rain. I've been broken into pieces; I had a daughter at such a young age. There were times people would say, 'That's it for her.' But that didn't happen.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

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.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn't yield to it. She continues to get up and she continues to struggle for a better life.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.

That is always what I've had to do in life: to show I am capable of surviving.

There's going to be good things that get you, and there's going to be bad things that get you, so you better be willing, and your skin better be thick.

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.

People like to associate you with hard times and I pride myself on coming through them more than experiencing them.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside me.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

Once you go through something and come out of the storm, you've been tested.

You win some, you lose some. You get hit you don't get hit, but it's not about how hard you get hit. I think it's about how hard you get hit, then still get up and deliver an even harder punch. I think that's what it is all about.

If we didn't struggle through some things, we would never develop the strength and stamina we need to survive in this world.

Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.