Peter Marshall Quotes

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.

The pressure you are facing is not going to break you. It's going to make you.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion.

You need bad times to become a better and strong player.

Times of calamity and distress have always been producers of the greatest men. The hardest steel is produced from the hottest fire; the brightest star shreds the darkest night.

Adversity builds muscle. Adversity creates strength. Adversity, it turns out, is preparation for success.

Adversity defines true character.

Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

I always think that struggle can bring out the best in people - or the worst.

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.

Every burden is a blessing.

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.