Mustafa Ali Quotes

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

My light shines when things get really tough.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Don't give up because of the dark days. Succeed in spite of them. The dark days make the bright days seem even brighter. So bright you can hardly stand it.

Man is not made for defeat.

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life - I don't mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.

This is a beautiful life we lead in spite of whatever things come against us or whatever team loses or wins.

Once you've been through tough times, you can only become stronger.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

I'm not easily scared; from the age of 8, I learned what it means to have everything you know taken away and what it means to persevere. I approach politics the same way.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

We've all lived through something horrific, but the strength and beauty and knowledge that we're going to win eventually is what keeps me going.

I just like to write stories about people who survive even very difficult, impossible things.

It's true - ever since I was born, I've been through some tough situations. But that's what has given me the strength and the drive to succeed.

Even in the most difficult situation there is always, somehow, a way to triumph

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

Real courage embraces the twin realities of current difficulty and ultimate triumph.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.