Ernest Borgnine Quotes

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

Life was brutal and it made victims of everyone.’ (Nykyrian)

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

I'm not at all interested in the brave who fight against the odds and win. I am interested in those who accept their lot, as that is what many people in the world are doing. They do their best in ghastly conditions.

I had to fight; I had to fall, and I had to get hurt to be where I am.

The only thing I know how to do is survive.

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,.

Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

It's amazing how much punishment we can take.

Life is so damned hard, so damned hard... It just hurts people and hurts people, until finally it hurts them so that they can't be hurt ever any more. That's the last and worst thing it does.

Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up...

people are strong despite suffering, not because of it.

I've been beaten, I've been bruised, I was left for dead as well.

You can and you must expect suffering.

Pain can make a whole winter bright, like fever, force us to live deep and hard.

Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all.

To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering.

The heart must be beaten or bruised, and then the sweet scent will come out.

The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.