Quotes about "Resilience & Adversity"

The first thing I learned in boxing is to not get hit. That's the art of boxing. Execute your opponent without getting hit. In sports school, we were putting our hands behind our backs and having to defend ourselves with our shoulders, by rolling, by moving round the ring, moving out feet. ”

When I'm back home, all I wear is African fabric. All I really rock is the traditional stuff. ”

We know what we like in music, and we got into music to try and give back what we got out of it. ”

What is your duty to a country? Do you follow it blindly? Or do you challenge your country to be better and stand up to the ideals that all men are created equal and everyone deserves equity, not just equality? ”

People are deeply interested in rewriting the established narratives and challenging what we see as the norm in every way. We want to see a new definition of beauty and sexy. We want to see different people look vulnerable and show strength and redefine what it means to be strong. ”

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! ”

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ”

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. ”

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ”

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. ”