Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quotes

Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you can handle, and if you come out the other end with some wisdom, then it's not such a bad thing.

Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Life is a university, and you never graduate. Accept that whatever happens to you, no matter how terrible, is there to teach you. Your job is to learn and do what you have to.

I have been shaped by my mistakes and disappointments - just as I have been shaped by my successes.

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to say that I have never backed down from life's challenges.

When you experience difficulty at work or in your life, instead of looking back on it as something that was really challenging, look at it and ask yourself, 'What wisdom did I learn from that?'

I'm really grateful for all of the things I've had to learn along the way, you know? I don't know if I would want to say anything to my younger self. That way, you know, it really means something. If you have to go through it all, it really means something.

Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

I am a woman of substance and there's a lot inside me. I have had my own struggles and my journey.

I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn.

Sometimes it's the toughest moments that you learn the most about yourself, and the more you know yourself, the less you are willing to give away.

You have to live through things. You can't have other people telling you to do that and do this. It's important to live through things.

It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.

I believe my past is my strength.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

I have learned that I am not built for conflict or controversy. I have also learned that, in all my life, I have never chosen a story. The story has always chosen me.

I'm not a weight lifter. I'm a seeker. Weight lifting is so insignificant in my life.

I view the experiences that I have had - both tough ones and the pleasant ones - as gifts. They've been full of lessons. And I've learned to be open to those lessons.

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.

Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.