Henry Rollins Quotes

People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education.

The person may have a scar, but it also means they have a story

Sometimes the harshest lessons were the most valuable.

Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure.

The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.

I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.

I count life just a stuff to try the soul's strength on.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.

I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster.

Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

I've always felt in life, you get a lot of things you have to overcome.

You learn a lot more when you're going through a rough period compared to the good times when everything goes your way.

Where do we enroll in Life 101? Where are the classes dealing with the loss of a job, the death of a loved one, the failure of a relationship? Unfortunately, those lessons are mostly learned through trial by fire and the school of hard knocks.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

It's all the stuff I've been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.

I think any type of setback you have, any tough time you've got, getting through it is what makes you who you are. It makes you a tougher person. I think whatever you've been through in your life makes you a tougher person. I'm very grateful for the background I have, every tough situation I've been through because it's made me who I am.

I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be if you just coasted along without any challenges? Without learning about who you really are through the process of going through the darker times? Without feeling the sense of elation when you reach even a small stepping stone?

Having been through some adversity, starting from different points and having to work through the depth chart on many occasions, it's definitely helped my story.

I've been through a lot of different things, experienced a lot of different things.