Abraham Pais Quotes

Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.

When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

I believe in my ability and my mental toughness.

Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.

True endurance, I think, comes from the inside. It comes from motivation and belief in what you're doing.

You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

I intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance.

Willpower is essential to the accomplishment of anything worthwhile.

Hey. Pain can last a moment, it can last a day, it can last a week, it can last a long..long time, but it can't last forever and the only thing that can last forever is if you quit.

Trust Yourself and Believe, Whatever Happens Don't Give Up.

It's impossible to measure the type of mental strength and determination that's required to be an elite wrestler.

Will is stronger than fact: it can mold and overcome fact.

I have to accept everything... I will be back strong.

The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

I’m grateful I had the strength to fight. It takes courage to believe the best is yet to come, especially when you are flat on your back and don’t know if you’re going to see tomorrow. I’m no Pollyanna, but I believe optimism is a choice — a muscle that gets stronger with use. Right foot, left foot…just keep moving.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse; whether we stumble or whether we fall, we must only think of rising again and going on in our course.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

Throughout the journey of my life, I have maintained a strong faith in the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. I deeply believe in one's own positive will to overcome even the most daunting challenges.

The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.