Shirley MacLaine Quotes

Who would attain to summits still and fair,Must nerve himself through valleys of despair.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

The struggles I'm facing, the chances I'm taking.Sometimes they knock me down, but, no, I'm not breaking.I may not know it, but these are the momentsI am going to remember most, just got to keep going.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

You've got to go through it to get to the end of it.

Don't give up. You're going to get kicked in the teeth. A lot. Learn to take a hit, then pick yourself up off the floor. Resilience is the true key to success.

I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.

Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

No one gets to their heaven without a fight...

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.

It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.

The way out is the way through.

Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards.

You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

The passage is through, not over, not by, not around but through.

I'm right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim.

This isn't going to be easy," I grumbled as we headed toward the exit. Bones shrugged. "Nothing worthwhile ever is.

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

Those periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times.