Jon Jones Quotes

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

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

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

The struggle I went through has value.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

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

Overcoming adversity not only makes you stronger, it makes you more hopeful.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

Had I not gone through the struggles and the obstacles I had, I would not be as strong as I am today. I believe those impediments have forged, shaped, and strengthened my character.

So once you hit like that place, where everything is stripped from you, everything is taken from you, you really discover who you really are. I discovered that I'm a real hero, that I can deal with that situation, that I can rise up to the challenge.

I have been through little situations. That makes me strong.

That's where I get my toughness in mind. From my background when I was young, everything I've been through, everything I was going through in my life. It helped me a lot, it helped me to be strong.

The biggest thing for me is that I've managed to work through some difficult times, and those moments always make you stronger. It makes you a stronger person and a better player.

You find strength in your moments of weakness.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.

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

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

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.

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.

If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.