Samuel Smiles Quotes

The hardest thing is when things are not going so well and you have got to dig in and get results.

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high.

You have to learn how to fight through when it sucks and it's really hard.

I know my whole life has been like that, you know, scrappy, fighting for everything you get in life and you appreciate it more.

Stick to the fight whenyoure hardest hit

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.

I've always believed in survival.

These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.

We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.

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.

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.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

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.

But life is tough and if you're creative, it's tougher.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

I've been knocked down a lot of times.

I think it's very important to teach your children to struggle on some level.

The struggle is my life.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

When times are tough I am not one for just throwing the towel in.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.