Anne Bancroft Quotes

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

'Growing Stronger' emerged from a need to relate my life experiences as well as my constant struggle to prevail each day, and as a reminder to myself of the importance of never giving up.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

You can always be stronger.

When I am scared, I push myself and get the best out of myself.

I wanted people to know that I'm human, and I'm only successful because I've learned the hard way. I've been in so many dark places, but I got myself out.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.

It's not what you accomplish in life that matters; it's what you overcome.

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

As a player and a coach, I've had plenty of great moments, but I've also experienced disappointments. The disappointments are not about self-doubt, but rather about change. I've always seen failures as a personal challenge. I say to myself: Now I have to find out if I have the right stuff.

I do not allow myself to be overcome by hopelessness, no matter how tough the situation. I believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that itself creates new potential.

I am not a rodeo clown, like, "Everything is awesome!" I really worked hard on myself and things and struggled to get to a good place, to a better place.

Those periods of struggling to overcome challenges are what people find to be the most enjoyable times.

The trials and pressures of life--and how we face them--often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a lot further than you think you can. We often underestimate our actual capabilities.