Dion Waiters Quotes

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I really believe that.

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

I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?' In my case, I suppose it's not just a cliche.

The only thing I know how to do is survive.

Once you've been through tough times, you can only become stronger.

As long as you don't fold up and curl up into a ball, you'll be all right.

You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.

If you can survive disappointment, nothing can beat you

I have a feeling that once you live through something like this, you become a little bit invincible.

I didn't drown. I didn't break.

If I can live through this, he thought, I can live through anything. If I can live through this, I WILL live through anything.

That which does not kill me can only make me stronger.

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

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you 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.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.