Emmanuel Macron Quotes

In my life, being true to myself certainly hasn't made things easier. You could never accuse me of taking the path of least resistance.

The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself.

Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.

I'm a believer in getting punched in the face. I know it sounds cliched, but to me, fighting is a metaphor for life.

I'll always push myself because that's the journey of life. We do go through things. Some of it's incredibly great and some of it's really bad.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

I had to fight my whole life to break out of my circumstances. That's just part of my makeup.

I wanted people to know that I've been through the rain. I've been broken into pieces; I had a daughter at such a young age. There were times people would say, 'That's it for her.' But that didn't happen.

Live your life to its fullest potential and don't really care too much about what other people think of you.

When you are being bullied a long way from home, when you face that challenge, that is where you find out a lot about yourself.

Sometimes I think the most difficult moments in life were actually good because they made me strong. I was a child labourer. From this, I learned to stand on my own feet. So I don't want to forget the difficulty of my life.

Hardships can harden even the best person.

The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life.

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

Don't be a leaf... Be a tree!

Life sometimes brings enormous difficulties and challenges that seem just too hard to bear. But bear them you can, and bear them you will, and your life can have a purpose.

I love life. But it is hard and I have so much, so very much to learn.

The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.

Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.

Why is this happening to me? Why am I having such a difficult time? One answer is that life is supposed to be difficult! It’s what enables us to grow. Remember, earth is not heaven!

The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.