Ruth Asawa Quotes

Yes, I did shatter my leg, and it really changed my life, in a way. It wasn't much fun, but it did open me up, and as we all know intuitively, adversity can develop resources.

I'm still me even after all that's happened.

What is hard to remember when you're in the middle of it is that when you get through to the other side, you always walk away with a gift. If you can stand in there and not walk away from it, you get transformed by it.

Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.

It's the trials and tribulations that really test a person, and coming through those difficulties is what shapes a person's character.

I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.

Not everybody's journey is easy, and it wouldn't be worthwhile if you can't see what you gained without realizing what kind of battles you've been through, what kind of scars you have.

All the things I went through, my losses, those really helped me.

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

The most important thing is that sometimes you have to go through hard times to get to the good stuff.

I've learned that many of the worst things lead to the best things, that no great thing is achieved without a couple of bad, bad things on the way to them, and that the bad things that happen to you bring, in some cases, the good things.

Some of my lowest points were the most exciting opportunities to push through to be a better person.

I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

The struggle I went through has value.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique. And that's what I know for sure... I think.

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.