William Faulkner Quotes

A gentleman can live through anything.

When you have life, you can weather any storm. You're breathing. You have life.

The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.

But what could you do? Only keep going. People kept going; they had been doing it for thousands of years. You took the kindness offered, letting it seep as far in as it could go, and the remaining dark crevices you carried around with you, knowing that over time they might change into something almost bearable.

I will survive For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

We all survive more than we think we can.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

'A Child Called It' was a story about resilience, it was never about boo hoo hoo, it was about a kid that didn't quit.

Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Survival is triumph enough.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

Love will make a way out of no way.

At the end of the day, all you can hope for is to go on. The older I get, the more I realize that just keeping on keeping on is what life's all about.

I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more.

My mother is a strong woman. Her strength comes from being tested by life's unpredictability. It comes from soldiering on for her children, even when she might rather have given up. I know it hasn't always come easily, but I also know it's her greatest gift.

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.