George Saunders Quotes

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

It is easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, and it always comes with years, and the smile that is worth the praises of earth is the smile that shines through the tears.

You don't get character because you're successful; you build character because of the hardships you face.

I was raised to face any challenge.

The things we overcome in life really become our strengths.

Life is full of challenges. How you handle these challenges is what builds character. Never be afraid to be who you are.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

Every day has its own challenges, and every day those challenges make us stronger.

Resistance, whether to one's appetites or to the ways of the world, is a chief factor in the shaping of character.

I have been knocked down so many times, as a player and as a person, and I have had the strength, I suppose that has come from my parents, to be able to pick myself each and every single time and go out there in the face of adversity and try my best and perform. I didn't read it up in a book. It's deep down and it's part of my family trait.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

There are some things you can only learn in a storm.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.