Lisa Kleypas Quotes

I'm trying as hard as I possibly can each and every day to get my life better and better and stronger. And if I win championships along the way, so be it.

The best time is during the struggle. The top of the mountain is usually small, freezing and lonesome. To this day I'm continually reinvesting myself in something new. I'm not afraid to start as a beginner in anything.

There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move, Always gonna be a uphill battle, Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose, Ain't about how fast I get there, Ain't about what's waiting on the other side, It's the climb

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

I am getting better at facing the bouncers, as I know opposition tries to use those as a weapon against me. Yet, no one is perfect, and he takes time to master a particular thing.

It's tough, trying to get better.

What I like is the journey, the year-round struggle to improve.

But all of my efforts served only to make me better acquainted with the difficulty, which in itself was something.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.

I am willing to put myself through anything; temporary pain or discomfort means nothing to me as long as I can see that the experience will take me to a new level.

I fall, I stand still... I trudge on. I gain a little... I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory.

Your struggles have not been a waste. They've come to strengthen you. And grow your capacity to lead - and win.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great. Do what's uncomfortable and scary and hard but pays off in the long run... Let yourself fail... And pick yourself up and fail again. Without that struggle, what is your success anyway?

You'll always have to fight for what you want. Definitely crossing over and being able to tackle these grittier parts was a challenge, but I feel like I've done it! It's a whole new chapter.

You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.

I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before - and from other years, too - to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step.

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

I admire when people take the harder path, not because they are masochistic and want to beat themselves up, but because you actually kind of learn more and I think you grow more.

It's the journey toward doing these harder climbs that really gives value to the whole activity of climbing.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself.

The only way round is through.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.