Erich Fromm Quotes

As a player and a coach, I've had plenty of great moments, but I've also experienced disappointments. The disappointments are not about self-doubt, but rather about change. I've always seen failures as a personal challenge. I say to myself: Now I have to find out if I have the right stuff.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking, Sometimes might knock me down, But no, I'm not breaking.

The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you ever were before. . . . You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.

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

In general, the only way to overcome failure is to not let it destroy you. It's that old saying, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You just have to keep going.

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

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

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

Life is easy when you're hot. But what happens when the ball bounces the other way? You just keep getting back up and climbing up.

I honestly think part of the appeal of 'Rumours' was that it was sort of heroic. We managed to push through in the face of so much personal adversity.

God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.

You have setbacks in your life, and adversity. You can be discouraged about it or have courage to get through it and be better.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

Life can be so difficult at times but fighting through the pain is so worth it.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, everybody knows this!

Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.

Regardless of what challenge you are facing right now, know that it has not come to stay. It has come to pass. During these times, do what you can with what you have, and ask for help if needed. Most importantly, never surrender. Put things in perspective. Take care of yourself. Find ways to replenish your energy, strengthen your faith and fortify yourself from the inside out.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles.

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

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.

Never give up. Take what life throws at you and throw it right back. If life keeps throwing then you have a tennis match going. Learn to like tennis.