Flume Quotes

I had to grow up fast.

I had to grow up a little fast.

I had to grow up very quickly.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

I do believe in the old saying, 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

You take a look back at some tough parts of your life, just bad things that have happened: they tend to build your character and make you who you are.

I had a lot of adversity that kind of tested my maturity and things I was able to learn from and were put in my way for a reason, to make me a mature person and more experienced person.

I had to grow up quite quickly.

I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people.

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.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

I grew up pretty fast. I had more responsibility than most 9-year-olds, and I've always been independent.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

How hard, how bitter it is to become a man!

I can cook because my life depended on it when I lived in Thailand. Either I learnt cooking, or I learnt how it felt to starve. I chose cooking.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.

I know those challenges that come up from time to time in life are our little learning tools, our little steppingstones. If we didn't have those things in our life, how would we learn anything? We would just be walking around like nothing. We need those obstacles in our life because I know one thing - I'm a much better person for them.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.