Sidney Sheldon Quotes

I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down i will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my enemies and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances.

"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"

One Child's courage to survive.

I have a different kind of experience than other girls had. I've had to face a lot of different styles and adjust to them. I had to face a lot of bad situations and come back. I've had to fight with my eyes swollen shut and my nose broken and bloody.

If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Real men laugh at opposition; real men smile when enemies appear.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

I've always been a fighter and I've always fought through things my whole life.

I can muster up the courage in the difficult situations to get me through.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

One should be brave. It's life, there will be ups and downs. It's only when you are down, that you get the strength to get back up.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

I've been in the boxing ring, taking punches to my face. I've always got back up.