Bruno Bettelheim Quotes

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.

Take It From Me: Life's a Struggle but You Can Win

No matter how many mistakes you've made in the past, or what sort of difficulties you struggle with now, you are destined to live in victory.

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say “I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.” Then repeat to yourself the most comforting of all words , “This too shall pass.”

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

It’s not going to be easy to proceed. There are going to be barriers, difficulties, hardships, failures - it’s inevitable. But unless the spirit of the last year, here and elsewhere in the country and around the globe, unless that continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.

You carry on no matter what are the obstacles. You simply refuse to give up - and, when the going gets tough, you get tougher. And, you win.

Suffering produces the very endurance that will enable you to reach the finish line of the race set before you.

Life is an infiltration course. We all try and get through it. We all try and get through it unscathed - maybe not hurt, not bruised. No bones broken, maybe a few hearts here and there.

A smooth life is not a victorious life.

I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.

As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what can you do? You can't stop living.