Bette Davis Quotes

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

Hard work is the only way to success. You have to be tough, stay tough.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

If you can make it in Rockford, you can make it anywhere.

Some men can get results if kindly encouraged, but give me the kind that do things in spite of hell.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.

Blood sweat and tears homie I'm made of it

You just have to fight your way through.

You can still achieve certain things through effort, struggle, determination, and sheer hard work or cunning. But there is no joy in such endeavor, and it invariably ends in some form of suffering.

I work hard and fight easy.

I don't deal in frustration. I'm a fighter. And everything I've ever gotten, I've had to fight for.

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.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

I had to work at everything.

I've struggled a lot for what I have today.