Jeanne Marie Laskas Quotes

The only way to make it through life is to fight.

My whole life, I have had to fight.

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.

It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

What I really admire are people like my daughter, Victoria, who don't give up, who have daily medical challenges and medical conditions. They go on with their lives and make the best of it, not giving up even when it's not easy.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

In ancient days the darkest moment has ever produced in men of our race the sternest resolve.

He [Gerald Ford] has a slow mind, but he has backbone.

Americans are blessed with a can-do spirit - we don't give up, even in the face of a daunting challenge like a life-threatening illness.

The measure of a man's life is how he copes with the terrible wall of fear.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.

As young kids, we had a lot of tenacity. Life was tough at home, so it was easy to go out in the world and try.

At some points, hope was the only thing I had. When I began my journey toward walking again, I clung to hope like a life raft.

People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don't think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.

I have been a fighter all my life.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.

I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!'

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

No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.