Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

When the going gets tough, let the tough get going.

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

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.

Even when I'm in pain, I play.

Tough times don't last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.

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.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

I will get stronger. I will return.

Failure either breaks people or it makes them succeed.

Yes, I now that you feel you are not strong enough. That's what the enemy thinks too. But we're gonna fool them.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.

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.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.