Kelela Quotes

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

I like struggle.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

I'm so grateful for where I am now, but I think I'm more grateful because it's been so hard-won; I haven't given up, and I've had plenty of reasons to give up.

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.

Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life.

I think there's only one interesting story... and that's struggle.

It took a long time for me to put a smile on my face over the course of my lifetime, and my experience of what I've been through on and off the field.

When you experience lows like I have it just makes you hungry to go and succeed even more, and make sure days like that don't happen as much as they have done.

If I can make it through homelessness, I can make it through anything.

Know that what you do in the time of your greatest trial can be your greatest triumph

The depth of your struggle determines the height of your success.

What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

Question: Why does life have to feel like such a struggle at times? Answer: Because without the struggle, the triumphs wouldn't taste as sweet.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.