Chris Hadfield Quotes

It's amazing how resourceful you can become when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's only one way to get to the other side.

Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to think fast.

It makes me feel resilient when you tackle different things.

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

It is wonderful what you can do when you have to.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

A good school teaches you resilience - that ability to bounce back.

My heroes are always ready, willing, and able to execute moves necessary to get themselves out of deep trouble.

The young must be prepared to experience innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.

That's John Constantine. You put him in a corner, and you squeeze him, and he'll find his way out. There's something in him - he's a great escape artist.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull himself out of the most critical situations.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

I'm a survivalist and a survivor.

Italians are great improvisers. If something unforeseen happens, they throw up their hands, and they adjust.

The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.

No crisis has proved too great for American ability, ingenuity, and courage.

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

It seems that whenever America faced a challenge, it faced it and overcame it.

At some point in your life, you'll find yourself in a similar position: Surrounded by people who are smarter, faster, who have more experience and more money - and you'll just have to find a way. And you'll have to do it with passion.

I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter.

I'm intrigued by a tough situation, and I try to do something with it.

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.