Enduring Challenges Quotes

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Being in the special forces has really broken a lot of the limitations I thought I had. Thoughts like 'We've done this much, so we should take a break now' were ones that I had to ignore and overcome in my training. They taught me how to keep going, no matter how difficult a situation can get.

Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

I don't ever try to sound like, 'it's a piece of cake. Be chaste 'til your married.' But you strive and battle. It's a battle.

Living a life is much like climbing mountains-the summits are always further off than you think, but when a man has a goal, he always feels he's working toward something.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.

To paraphrase the philosopher Nietzsche, he who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. I've found that 20 percent of any change is knowing how; but 80 percent is knowing why. If we gather a set of strong enough reasons to change, we can change in a minute something we've failed to change for years.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Don't ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.

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

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors... What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you'd come to closed door number eight and you'd think, 'Great, I got another one out of the way'... Keep moving forward.

If you want a place in the sun, you have to expect a few blisters.

Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.

It wasn't easy to shoot for 'Baahubali.' It was very painful and annoying.

Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again

One of the things I learned growing up, a rule that I go by, is just never give up. That's one thing that I had to keep telling myself.

Sometimes you have to understand that you push ahead, there's going to be a lot of flak, there's going to be a lot of dogs barking, but the wagon train moves ahead.

Life is about hard work and getting on with things.

Everything stinks till it’s finished.

We knew when we started we wouldn't be accepted overnight, that it was going to be a long haul.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

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

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