Leslie Jamison Quotes

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

In so many things, growth comes from adversity.

It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.

I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness.

You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever

I think there's only one interesting story... and that's struggle.

Nothing in my life was ever easy.

I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.

I haven't met anybody who hasn't been able to describe years and years and years of very, very difficult struggle through the whole process of achieving anything whatsoever. And there's no way to sort of get around that.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

There's always been adversity, wherever I've gone.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Trouble is only an opportunity in work clothes.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

No cross no crown.

I think really what I'm saying is that I thrive on adversity.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.