Ally Brooke Quotes

Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mother's loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.

When you lose someone whose life was so extraordinary like my dad's, you have two options: You can curl up in a dark corner... or rise above it and dust yourself off and continue with their work. He will always be with me.

My Dad was such an incredible person, and you have the option of just curling up in a dark corner and letting it all go or you have the option of standing strong, sticking together and carrying on what he lived and died for. And I think that's what's so important - to be able to carry on where he left off.

Keep hope alive!

It's easy to give up, and that's the one thing we cannot do. That's what gives me a reason for working: to leave people with a little more courage, with a little hope that has been nourished. Even if, of course, it's going to disappear, whatever touches one isn't lost forever.

Hope keeps us going.

I really hope my music and my life can help encourage people not to give up.

All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.

Without hope we are lost.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear.

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

My father passed away after three years of debilitating disease, which transformed a very strong and bright man into a real wreck. And that is hard. You have to get out of that stronger, if you can, which I was lucky to be able to. I was the eldest of the family, and I had to support my mother and help my brothers.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for.

John, you have broken many times, physically and otherwise, and you have always grown stronger, but what you don't really understand in my humble opinion is how much courage you give the rest of us looking at you.

To see a friend who has suffered the loss of all things begin again with trust and love, gives us strength to continue on.

Never... never... whether you are five or 100, never give up. It's never too late.

I wanted to tell people that hope is really powerful.

When I wrap my hands, I do it for my family. I owe my courage to them and also my success. That's why I fight.

Simple words of encouragement subsequently saved many of the Indianapolis' sailors during their ordeal in the summer of 1945, and those men took the lesson to heart.

When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.

I was on my death bed, and I remember hanging on to these words, 'Don't be scared. You are going to live an amazing life,' and I have.

I just say, 'Never give up.'