Eminem Quotes

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

The struggle is my life.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

The only advice you can give is, 'Don't let the bad stuff keep you down.'

I'm drawn to roles where someone has to struggle or fight.

I don't think one ever stops struggling.

The fight's the fight.

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

Just because you get punched in the nose doesn't mean that you throw in the towel.

It is definitely hard when you're going against the tide. Of course, it is tough. But does that mean you can't do it? No, it depends on your strength, stamina and ability to take so much power against you.

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

You're gonna have to go through hell, worse than any nightmare you've ever dreamed. But when it's over, I know you'll be the one standing. You know what you have to do. DO IT!

Look who's standing if you please, 'though you tried to bring me to my knees.

No matter what advantages you are born with-- money, intelligence, an appealing personality, a sunny outlook, or good social connections-- none of these provides a magic key to an easy existence. Somehow life manages to bring difficult problems, the causes of untold suffering and struggle. How you meet your challenges makes all the difference between the promise of success and the specter of failure.

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

When my back's to the wall, I want to fight.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

That's a good way to live, go against the wind.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.