Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quotes

I AM VERY MOVED BY SURVIVORS. BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO OVERCOME A HANDICAP, A SITUATION, OR ANYTHING. VISITING THE HEARTS AND SOULS OF THOSE PEOPLE TEACHES ME A LOT ABOUT HUMANS AND HUMANITY.

On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

I do not murmur, even if my heart break.

Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.

A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.

This time her heart would not break, even though it would hurt and hurt for a long time to come. Perhaps for the rest of her life. But it would not break. She had the strength to go on alone.

There are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands.

Life will hit you hard in the face, wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

The struggles I'm facing, The chances I'm taking, Sometimes might knock me down, But no, I'm not breaking.

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.

You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, 'What they could do, I can do.'

Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.

Life itself is always a trial. In training, you must test and polish yourself in order to face the great challenges of life.

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

Whenever there is a challenge, there is also an opportunity to face it, to demonstrate and develop our will and determination.

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are...

It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

Fighting is life... Are you a person who gives up or are you a person who's going to fight?