When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.
Interpretation
Facing fear reveals true strength and character.
This quote by Sylvester Stallone highlights the idea that it is in moments of fear and struggle that we uncover our true potential and resilience. Challenging situations test our limits and reveal the inner strength that we possess when we are pushed to our extremes.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life.
When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life.
I learned the real meaning of love. Love is absolute loyalty. People fade, looks fade, but loyalty never fades. You can depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them. And that's love, even if it doesn't seem very exciting.
At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.
I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.
I'll always have this blue-collar connection. For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life.
What makes climbing great for me, strangely enough, is this life-and-death aspect. It sounds trite to say, I know, but climbing isn't just another game. It isn't just another sport. It's life itself. Which is what makes it so compelling and also what makes it so impossible to justify when things go bad.
I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
I think another aspect of being a young adult with cancer is that most of your friends, hopefully, you know, have never had to experience life-threatening illnesses themselves.
Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back
I had good care going. I had Meredith and the family. And I didn't want to become the object of some kind of pity, most of all. I didn't want to show up on the Internet, 'Tom Brokaw has cancer.'
Embrace your fear. Imagine what you're most afraid of, touch it and hold it so that you rob it of its power.
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