Life goes on. Joy, grief, success, and failure are all temporary and will come and go. There are no eternal things. Situations and times shift; sometimes, we fail, but it is not about how many times you get knocked down, but it is about how many times you get back.
1. “Getting knocked down in life is given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.”- Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar said that falling down in life is common; it may be due to circumstances in one’s life, or it may be due to those close to you who are always trying to bring you down. However, forgetting all of this and moving forward in life to have a bright future is a choice that each individual makes, as it is up to them how much they want to grow and forget about all of life’s challenges.
2. “You don’t lose if you get knocked down; you lose when you stay down.” -Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, a well-known boxer, once stated that being knocked down is not a problem, but staying down and choosing not to get up and try again after being knocked down is. In other words, failing is not a problem, but giving up and not trying is a bigger problem in life. The issue cannot be ignored; either it must be resolved or abandoned.
3. “Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t always sunshine and rainbows. It’s a mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are; it will beat you to your knees and keep you there all life. You, me, or not anyone is gonna hit as hard as life. But it is not about how hard you hit it. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving. How much can you take and keep moving forward? That’s how winning is done.” – Sylvester Stallone
This wonderful saying by Sylvester Stallone tells us that winning in life is not about doing everything but rather about giving it your best shot and never giving up. He means to say that while not every day is good, one must find at least one positive aspect of each day because this is what keeps a person moving forward in life. Additionally, he asserts that even though life can be challenging at times, one should instead choose to grow stronger since what matters is not how hard life hits you but rather how strong you decide to be and carry on living. And this, in his view, is winning. He also said that trying is more important than succeeding in all one wants.
4. “If I had to select one quality, one characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The determination to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times and get off the floor saying, “Here comes number seventy-first.”-Richard Devos
This quote by Richard Devos talks about determination, which he considers the greatest of all because one must be determined in life to achieve anything one wants and not be afraid of falling; instead, get up a thousand times and be stronger. It also teaches us that getting successful in life is not about achieving all of what we want in one go but is instead about falling a multiple seventy-one with strong determination.
5. “If one dream dies, dream another dream. And if you get knocked down, get back up and do it again.” – Joel Osteen
This Joel Osteen quote teaches us that even if one dream dies, one must continue to dream and instead dream another dream because that is what compels us to move forward in life. If one is knocked down in life, he must get back up and continue working toward the dream rather than giving up and becoming inactive. The only thing in life that prevents us from achieving our ambitions is our fear of failing. Thus we must never stop dreaming and continue to believe that all of our dreams are feasible if we have the guts to follow them.
6. “Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back.- Jackie Chan
In this Jackie Chan quote, he says that because life is a beautiful but challenging ride, it will occasionally knock us down. However, it is up to each individual to decide whether to give up or get back up stronger. One must be strong because things will eventually get better. Even though it may be stormy right now, rain doesn’t last forever, which implies that while life knocks you down, it is actually testing you to see if you have what it takes to get back up. For this reason, one must never give up.
7. “Be brave! And be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight for it. Fight as long as there is life in you! Even though you know that you are going to be dead, fight till you are killed! Don’t die of fright! Die fighting! Don’t go downwards till you are knocked down. -Swami Vivekananda
According to Swami Vivekananda, one must be courageous and fearless and fight through every challenging condition for as long as they have life in them. Even if one is killed, one must fight until one is killed, one must fight until one’s last breath and not lose hope, one must die fighting until one’s last breath, one must not get down and fight until one is knocked down but rather, one must be fearless and fight throughout one’s life, even though one is going to die, one must fight.
8. “A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down.”- Mia Hamm
According to this statement made by Mia Hamm, a winner is someone who gets up more times than he has been knocked down; therefore, winning is about never giving up and always trying to get back up. Being knocked down doesn’t mean you failed, but failing to try to get back up means you did.
9. “Daring to reach, to climb, to crawl, to get back up when you’ve been knocked down, to push forward – ever forward – to forgive. It means sacrificing everything, if important, to carve out a place for your own existence. It means living.” -Malcolm X
In order to succeed in life, Malcom X says that you must have the courage to fight, crawl, get back up after falling, and push yourself forward. He also says that you must be able to forgive because doing so helps you to forget all the negative things that have happened to you. Sacrificing occasionally also helps us to define our unique personalities, live lives free of failure, and make forgiving and get back up after being knocked down.
10. “When life knocks you down, roll over and look at the stars.” -Sayings
According to this quote, one must never give up hope and keep moving forward. Instead, if they fall down, they should roll over and look at the stars, imagine how bright they are for them, and dream of getting there. They should also keep pushing themselves to go higher and higher, not being afraid of failing or falling, and thinking of themselves as stars who should twinkle and succeed in life.
11. “Failure is part of success, an integral part.”- Bill Walsh
Everybody experiences setbacks in life. And the first step toward recovery is accepting that it will occur and preparing for it. Failure is a part of life. And one should learn from it rather than dwelling on it. Moaning about it forever. Failure makes you stronger in life because it teaches you about your past mistakes and helps you overcome them by fighting and becoming stronger. Everyone deserves to succeed in life and to be content with their growth in order to be satisfied in life and to reach larger things.
12. “As long as you’ve done your best, making mistakes doesn’t matter.”-Shawn Johnson
We all make mistakes in life because we are human. But Shawn Johnson suggests that the important thing is to learn from your mistakes. And get back up after being knocked down by life. One must be capable of giving their all in life. And if one is thriving in life. Then making mistakes won’t matter because doing so only makes one stronger. Not weaker, and we must view ourselves in this light.
13. “God didn’t give you the strength to get back on your feet so that you can run back to the same things that knocked you down.” -Marvin Sapp
This quote has a deep meaning because it implies that God is always there to assist us in life. He provides means for all of us to escape difficulties and avoid them. But he does not give us the strength to get back up. And repeat the mistakes that brought us to our knees. Instead, one must learn from them and move on to accomplish greater things in life. Rather than returning to the same old mistakes one has already made and repeating them time and time again.
14. “Every person and every team will be tested on their journey.” -Jon Gordon
It is a prerequisite for the course of life. It is pretty comparable to a bicycle. When you first start riding, you’ll probably fall off and be knocked down. But the key is to get back up and keep going until you figure it out. And can ride with the confidence of a champion. However, instead of all the obstacles in life, one must be able to keep moving forward. And not give up, regardless of whether the people around you are supportive of what you do or not.
15. “I feel ups and downs are a part of one’s career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be knocked down by the negative things, or you can take it in a positive way and learn from them.” -Deepika Padukone
According to Deepika Padukone, work and life ups and downs are inevitable. But it is up to the individual to decide. Whether to see them negatively or positively and draw lessons from them. It’s impossible to say whether anything will work or not. What matters is having the strength to keep going. Failure is not the same as failure. It’s an unfinished success. One should view failure as a chance to start over. But one must do it carefully.
