Yossi Ghinsberg Quotes

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

You find strength in your moments of weakness.

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

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?' In my case, I suppose it's not just a cliche.

Just know that all the pain that I've been through, it made me strong.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

When you are being bullied a long way from home, when you face that challenge, that is where you find out a lot about yourself.

In life when you get tested, when you get rejected by everyone and when you get pushed aside, you actually get the best out of it. That has been a learning curve for me.

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

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

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.