Meryl Streep Quotes

If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I tried,' and get on with it.

It was just bred in me that I would not back down to guys who were bigger than me.

No matter how many people want me to crawl in a hole and die forever, I'm not going to do that.

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

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

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

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.

I've seen a lot of women give up after they've had three or four bad gigs in a row. It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

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.

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

Here's the thing, back in the day, a lot of guys would make fun of me, that I would sing and dance, that I was a cheerleader. But I kept my head on straight. I had goals.

You should stay here. This is your land. These are your houses. Your meadows and gardens. Your memories. You shouldn't abandon your land just because it's difficult to live, because you are pressured by injustice and degradation. It was never part of the Serbian and Montenegrin character to give up in the face of obstacles, to demobilize when it's time to fight ...

Be strong, and of good courage.

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.

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

I learned that I'm really good with perseverance. I'm stronger than I thought I was inside. I also learned that I don't give up easily and that I trust and believe that things are going to be OK.

There was times when I was bullied about dancing and stuff. But you couldn't hit me hard enough to stop me from doing it.

Do I give up? No.

When I was younger, I was always that person that loved to get stuck in. When my mum and grandma used to come and watch me, I used to make sure that I wouldn't let anybody push me around and not let anybody bully me.

What is the most important is never to give up, never to give in to circumstances, to trust yourself.

You have faith in who you are as a driver and stay strong when things go wrong.

I guess I feel the most powerful when someone tries to take my power or belittle me or insult me, and it doesn't work.

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.