Gever Tulley Quotes

I think the kids that struggle are way more prepared for real life.

A guy's who has all the money he needs and never faced any hard times, he won't have any character. But when you've had it tough and you've had it rough and you thought you were at the end of the rope and you work your way out of it, that's the way you build character.

I think it's very important to teach your children to struggle on some level.

You'll encounter difficulties at any job, and the best way for me to get through them is via endurance.

The ability to find solutions to life's challenges is what makes us grow as a person.

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.

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

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

You don't want people who have never had to deal with adversity - you want people who have been able to deal successfully with adversity. That's what adds to society. Those are going to be the hardest-working, best people.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I consider adversity being good sometimes, you know.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

A will finds a way.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight.

You've got to learn to survive a defeat. That's when you develop character.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

I know those challenges that come up from time to time in life are our little learning tools, our little steppingstones. If we didn't have those things in our life, how would we learn anything? We would just be walking around like nothing. We need those obstacles in our life because I know one thing - I'm a much better person for them.

I don't think that having a hard time is inherently negative. I think that it can make you a stronger person; it can be tough and painful, but it can make you grow.

I outlasted my problems.