Kelley Armstrong Quotes

Most of the time you need something to fight against. If something is bothering me, then the only way to get past it is to work through it.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure.

The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem - he is challenged by it.

It's so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven't you?

In spite of the problems he was having he was going on with his life. There are thousands who don’t or won’t or can’t and plenty of them aren’t in prison either.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

It’s not the struggles that define you; it’s how you overcome them.

You'll encounter difficulties at any job, and the best way for me to get through them is via endurance.

If you were to be put off by every little problem life throws at you, you'd get nowt done.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

You can't. You just have to.

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

Life is difficult no matter what, but hard work and perseverance make it a lot easier.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

It won't be easy, that is why I have always failed where others have succeeded.

Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.

What separates the winners from the losers is that winners are able to handle problems and crises that they never imagined would occur. You hit the floor, but what counts is how fast you can get up and regroup. Failure is simply part of the equation.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

I fall, I stand still... I trudge on. I gain a little... I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory.