Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.
He had just lost another battle.
For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
I learned that I truly am a fighter and that I cannot give up.
It might come off as cocky, but I've been through a lot in my life.
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
Min be the travaille, and thin be the glorie.
Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful
You I advise not to work, but to fight. You I advise not to peace, but to victory. Let your work be a fight, let your peace be a victory!
You will fail and I’ll dance on your grave. (Apollymi)
Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!
Being from Serbia makes us tough and eager to prove that we can come from this country that has been through so much and still be successful.
There's a lot of oppressed people in Tottenham, but people in Tottenham also know how to turn pain into triumph.
A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!
Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn't going to be all of me.
All pains the immortal spirit must endure, All weakness that impairs, all griefs that bow, Find their sole voice in that victorious brow.
I reject the idea of myself as a tragic figure.
'The Will To Survive' is a great track.
What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.
You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.
We've had drive-by shootings. I've been spat on, slapped, shot at. One guy tried to stab me with a broken beer bottle. But the way we look at it, if people do the worst they can, we'll still wake up in glory.
Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little.
Walking through this life really is walking through fire.
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
I learned that struggle was part of life.
