Ben Harper Quotes

I am someone who always gets up again, even if there are setbacks. I have a survivor instinct. I'm not sure where it comes from, but probably from all the little things that make you into who you are.

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

For me to get through the toughest periods in my life, I had to look within to find the energy to do it. I don't give up. Never have. Never will.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

It's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. Never give up and never give in.

He who voluntarily confronts tremendous odds must have very great internal resources to draw upon

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.

I know I can fight; that's the only thing that matters to me.

Wipe the tears away, stand up, be a man, run your business, find a way.

I won't let anything destroy me.

If I fall, I'll take the fall and get up and keep going.

You don't win a fight by the size and the weight.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

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.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

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

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.

Every fighter has a story that could break your heart. We lose, we get hurt and everything comes apart. That's when it's so difficult to stay on the straight and narrow.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.