Dorothy Height Quotes

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

To the stars through thorns.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called 'a life' - I've refused to give up.

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

You can all get what you want to get, and so my journey was to show you how many times along the way adversity has stared me right in the face, and I've looked it right back and said, 'No.'

I believe I overcame a lot.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

Don't give up because of the dark days. Succeed in spite of them. The dark days make the bright days seem even brighter. So bright you can hardly stand it.

All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and must be both enterprised and overcome with answerable courages.