Elizabeth Mitchell Quotes

I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

You can lay in bed and think you don't stand a chance, that's what all of us thought, and here we are. We ended up doing all right.

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.

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.

Man is not made for defeat.

People in Wynne told me I'd never win a game at Memphis and I'd never play in a bowl game. But I knew we'd turn it around.

'Roots' focuses on a particular group of people who defy the odds and win, eventually, even if it isn't in their lifetimes. This is, for me, a very positive story and a very empowering one, if only we have that perspective on it.

We have all lost before and we will win again.

People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don't think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.

My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.

No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine. If you just keep at it, pursuing your goals, eventually good things happen to decent people. For a person who is set on his goals, good things will happen. Everyone deals with adversity, it's how you bounce back from it.

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.

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.

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

I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.

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.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.

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.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.

I've had some wins. And been knocked down with defeats. Glimpsed views from the top of the mountain. And walked through the darkest of valleys. But through this entire ride called 'a life' - I've refused to give up.

I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.