Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

I don't think one ever stops struggling.

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.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!

As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

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

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

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

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive.

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

I like struggle.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

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.

The struggle I went through has value.

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.

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

Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.

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

There's moments where I want to break down and cry, but not give up.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

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