Polly Bergen Quotes

I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition... let's talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.

'Life Changes' is a song that we feel really connects to the spirit of our band and our fans. It's got that positive vibe we always want to put out there, and the message - no matter how many times you get knocked down, always get back up - will forever be part of the GC story.

I've met quadriplegics who have lost the use of their limbs but not their spirit. They are not dark, defeated people.

When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.

Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable.

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

Cancer isn't going to slow me down.

People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

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.

It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.

For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

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.

I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.

I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.

Man is not made for defeat.

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.