Seth Godin Quotes

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.

I can remember when I first got to los Angeles . I didn't have a car, I didn't have any money. I was walking the streets, you know, trying to get from place to place on foot almost. Sometimes, you know, you say, how am I ever going to get from here to there? There are a lot of people still having that dream and not being able to get there. So you never know. The idea is to keep on tap dancing, though.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

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

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

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

I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see them through.

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

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

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

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

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

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

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

Struggle is part of the journey.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

I had my years of struggling. Some of my shows failed miserably, and I was upset by it and it dented my confidence. But I never stopped. I kept going for it.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

The only way round is through.

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

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

To the stars through thorns.

I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.

There have been plenty of stories of people who go through adversity and had a bump in the road. The guys who persevere and continue to work hard, it turns out OK for them.