Quotes About Adversity

It really helps me if I think back to what our first families up here went through because, my goodness, they really had very tough times.

In tough times, one has to see if the fundamentals of the business are good or not.

I had a lot of tough times, and I know what it is. We must move forward, working equally and always strong.

Most people fall upon tough times at some point.

The tough times never lasted and the tough people inspired me to be better and give more. I hope I did the same.

All these tough times that I've had in my career, I've just been able to prove that I can persevere and to me that means everything.

I look to role models to get through tough times and to reach my own lofty goals.

There were some really tough times during those years of true heartache and depression from just not understanding why I couldn't get anything going.

We're not robots, we're not factory built. We have feelings, we have families and we go through tough times that people don't know about. Sometimes your form isn't good and there's a reason for that. Sometimes the team isn't playing well and you can't quite work out why.

That's what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I've had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That's only because it's hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn't do anything to you.

We're going to have tough times. We're going to have five-game losing streaks. Everybody goes through it.

I had a lot of tough times.

When I was growing up as a kid, it was always, 'Oh, you're being bullied. Well, toughen up. Get some tough skin and deal with it.' That's how we were told to deal with it, and it's not that simple.

I think there are things you can do to toughen yourself up.

I had to learn to toughen up and fend for myself. You'd think when you have a lot of brothers and sisters, they'd come to your aid and rescue you a lot of times, but for us it wasn't really like that. It was tough love.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

Tough times call for tougher decisions.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

Sometimes I say the medication is even tougher than the illness.

I'm pretty easily overwhelmed and pretty tough as well. I think I'm tougher than I used to be. There's been a lot of hardship along the way. But that's what life is. And it's how you deal with those things, and how you let them shape you that makes you a better person and defines what sort of person you're going to be.

I don't want to say that sanctions are ridiculous and that we couldn't care less; these are not pleasant things... We find little joy in that, but there are no painful sensations. We have lived through tougher times.

A lot of people are in much tougher situations than me and I am very fortunate to be where I am, so I try to remember that and stay humble whenever things feel tough.

What I love about Indiana Jones is he always bites off slightly more than he can chew. The guy he's fighting is always slightly tougher than he is, but he just refuses to give up. And that's what makes Indiana Jones a hero: not his superpowers, but his refusal to be beaten.

Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.