Nadine Gordimer Quotes

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

I've been through a lot of ups and downs. But in the process, I won two heavyweight titles. Not many men can say that.

Success is the best revenge.

The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.

The greater the struggle the more glorious the triumph

Defeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even survive the victory.

To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.

He that hath no cross deserves no crown.

If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.

No cross no crown.

We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.

I think with challenges, you either overcome them or you fall behind and become a statistic.

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.