Megan McCafferty Quotes

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Struggle

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

All the fun is locking horns with impossibilities.

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

Whenever I took a step forward, it seemed as though life was pushing me five steps back.

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

Those are some strong currents you're swimming against.

My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.

I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years.

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.

My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.

Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets and it's always in your face.