E. O. Wilson Quotes

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.

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.

George, we lost 49 states but we didn’t lose our souls.

Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

What ultimately makes 'The Wire' uplifting amid the heartbreak it conveys is its embodiment of a spirit that Barack Obama calls 'the audacity of hope.' It is filled with characters who should quit but don't, not only the boys themselves but teachers, cops, ex-cops, and ex-cons who lose their hearts to them.

Humanity is a natural foil for inhumanity, and humanity is what will ultimately keep us going when all else has failed.

We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

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

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe He gave me the passion and determination to continue surfing. You fall off the horse, and you get back on. I had to go for it.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

For me, writing post-apocalyptic novels isn't so much about exploding helicopters and fifty-megaton doomsday bombs as it is about the pleasure of dealing with the best of everything that makes us human: cleverness, grit, loyalty, and self-sacrifice.

I don't want to be the crazy woman who does it for years and years and years, and tries and fails and tries and fails and tries and fails, but I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

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.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I'm going to press on for equality. I'm going to press on for the sake of our children. I'm going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I am going to press on.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.