Anne Bancroft Quotes

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

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

It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

We are not measured by the trials we meet -- only by those we overcome.

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

I'll always push myself because that's the journey of life. We do go through things. Some of it's incredibly great and some of it's really bad.

The trials and pressures of life--and how we face them--often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.

I love hearing stories about, you know, people who are overcoming challenges in their life. And when you experience hardships, you can either fold or rally, and just by a paradigm shift in your belief system.

Every day has its own challenges, and every day those challenges make us stronger.

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Having been through some adversity, starting from different points and having to work through the depth chart on many occasions, it's definitely helped my story.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

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