John Legend Quotes

Not everything is about beating your head against the wall until it breaks.” “Just most things.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

But all of my efforts served only to make me better acquainted with the difficulty, which in itself was something.

In a tough situation, don't avoid acting just because it's easier or comfortable. Don't lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

You’ve got to worry about the next play…Keep believing because people aren’t always going to like you but you have to believe in the people around you…You’re going to get knocked down but it’s how many times you get back up.

When you think life is tough, it can get a lot tougher.

And I thought well, if Tina Turner can go up there and she can give everything for 500 people, no matter how sick I am, I can make it happen too.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

No matter how well I have taken care of my body, I have been injured a few times, which is very unfortunate and which is very disappointing. But each time, I have come back, I have come back stronger, and I have come back hungrier.

Whenever something's really hard, you always question yourself, and I had many times when I questioned myself, but I always rose above it.

Football is not always easy; you need to navigate through some adversity.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

One thing I noticed when I was young was I was impatient for success. I think everybody is impatient for success. It will come. But don't - you shouldn't let that impatience drive you crazy.

Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way.

It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.

If you have the character to hang in there when its tough, you will develop or acquire every other characteristic necessary to WIN in the game of life.

One who does not fall, does not stand up.

What people call success is only preparation for the next failure.

Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.

Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.