John Caudwell Quotes

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Maybe I'm not the best fighter, but I'm always going to fight, no matter who it is.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.

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.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.

My whole life, I have had to fight.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.

I think just that dog inside of you. When things suck, just to still fight.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

You back me into a corner, I'm not going to lay down and die. I've been down that road too many years in my life.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.

No matter where I came from, I'm a fighter.