Isaac Marion Quotes

I'll run against the grain till the day I drop?

If I can not bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

Fear is the underminer of all determinations; and necessity, the victorious rebel of all laws.

In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.

One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

Only the strong and the hopeful are able to revolt.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.

I've dealt with adversity before, had injuries before. I didn't let that slow me down. It just changed my attitude about the game.

I see the hate, what some people say, but I just prove them wrong at the end of the day because I show everyone what I can do. Some people don't want me to succeed but you just have to take it on the chin.

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go to hell.

Disappointments will come and go, but discouragement is a choice that you make.

Young people can understand, and must understand, that we had success, we had failures, but we never gave up. We never gave in. We never became bitter. We didn't hate. We continued to press on. And that's what we're saying: There are some ups, there are some downs, and when you're not down, you must have the capacity and the ability to get up and keep going.

I never listened to the people who said I should give it up, which is the main advice I got.

Though are hands are chained like they are, they haven't taken music from us yet. So that's how I'll fight. People tell me don't quit like everyone else. I wont have no fear.

Be positive, be positive. It's rough out there, but don't succumb. Don't succumb to the cynicism in the world.

Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.

I say to myself if you believe deeply in your heart you must defy, and if you are willing to pay for your defiance, you must always do it, even though the pain may be much. Too many times in our lives we do not do it, and we pay even more.

The bigger your obstacle, the bigger your future. Don't get discouraged, keep moving forward.

It's funny, honestly, by rights, with a lot of the stuff that's happened to me I should be running down the street with my hair on fire, but instead I want to shape things, and I want to shake things up. There's nothing wrong with being an agitator.

I'm just always trying to be positive. Negative things happen to everybody. Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.

They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light...