Richard Nixon Quotes

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

What does not destroy me, makes me stronger.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!

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

I like struggle.

I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

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.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

I thrive on adversity.

I embraced every struggle because it made me the fighter I was.

I'm drawn to roles where someone has to struggle or fight.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn't matter. I'm a fighter, and I'm ready to fight every time.

Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.

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.

If you can survive disappointment, nothing can beat you

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

Adversity is preparation for greatness.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.