Jim Butcher Quotes

The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.

If you fall then that's not all... if you wish to be down then stay down... if you wish to be up then get up.

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.

You can always be stronger.

I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

My motivation has always been high. I've never doubted myself.

You can't cry yourself to sleep every night because people from a distance hate you. So you gotta do with it what you can, and if that means using it as motivation, then that's what you do.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.

Know that the power comes from within: when you are tired, or you want to give up, dig deep. Dig deep for whatever reason - in boxing, in sport, in life.

I tell myself, 'You're too fast, you're too strong, you're too quick. You can't be broken, you can't be beat. If you can't be broken, you can't be beat.' And I just beat it into my head.

I have power inside. I fight.

You have your best workouts when you go in thinking you don't want to do it, because you're so satisfied with your own determination and grit.

At the end of the day, you can only fight from yourself. It is only you out there on that mat - but it sure helps knowing you have a great team of supporters cheering for you!

When I need motivation, I just think I can do everything if I maintain a strong sense of will.

Man's soul is strengthened by suffering.

It's that strength of the human spirit, the strength of what's deep down in you, that's really going to get you anywhere and everywhere.

Everybody suffers through some type of adversity. Does it make you stronger or does it pull you down? And I never will let any of that pull me down or pull me away from what I've set to achieve.

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.

A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.