Gene Roddenberry Quotes

I'm not interested in playing the victim. I like stories about survivors.

What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

I've always believed in survival.

I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures.

I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called 'a life' - I've refused to give up.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

… failure is a very condition of his life; one can never dream of eliminating it without immediately dreaming of death. This does not mean that one should consent to failure, but rather one must consent to struggle against it without respite.

The thing that I love about Rick Grimes is that he pulls himself off the canvas even when he has been pummeled to the ground so many times. And either he gets up by himself - he drags himself up - or he is helped up by loved ones around him.

I had a choice whether to live or die, and I chose to live.

You should fight for every breath you have.

You back me into a corner, I'm not going to lay down and die. I've been down that road too many years in my life.

Tough times don't last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.

The only way to survive is to get back up.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

You can keep knocking me down forever, I'll keep getting up and trying.

Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way.

Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.

I'm always looking for a story of survival.

If you're going to die, then die. If you're going to live, then fight.

Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.