Laura Anne Gilman Quotes

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

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.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

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 courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.

When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.

Just go and keep auditioning and keep trying and keep believing things will turn around, and it always does.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

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

It's still in my heart. I can do it.

The Bible says to 'fear not,' but this doesn't mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

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.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

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