Clarence Clemons Quotes

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

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

We've all lived through something horrific, but the strength and beauty and knowledge that we're going to win eventually is what keeps me going.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Horrible things can happen to you, and horrible things happened to us on September 11. But if we look for love and happiness and fulfillment, we will find it.

I had to fight; I had to fall, and I had to get hurt to be where I am.

I always tell my story because I want others who have felt broken to know they can make it.

No matter what hard thing you may go through or what kind of pain you may go through there is still hope.

I want to show people no matter what they go through there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

I want the world to see, you can have a million stones thrown at you and you can still be positive.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

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

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

The darkest experiences in a human being's life allow that person to either go deeper and stay depressed or get the strength to stand up stronger than ever, and that's my case.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.