Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes

Sometimes you have to understand that you push ahead, there's going to be a lot of flak, there's going to be a lot of dogs barking, but the wagon train moves ahead.

Sail against the wind.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

I've always seen 'no' as a challenge rather than an answer.

I've often been asked what drives me, particularly through the last 50 years of abuse, and ridicule. What has kept me going is one word - care. I care enough about the land, the wildlife, people, the future of humanity. If you care enough, you will do whatever you have to do, no matter what the opposition.

I've had my ups. I've had my downs, but I've been able to push through every obstacle that's been thrown my way.

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder.

I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

Let us not alter our course simply because it leads into a dark thicket of work.

I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.

Persevering is a fight. That's what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on.

The fight's the fight.

It's been a long road. I've been cut, I've been all over the place, but my mentality has never changed.

The hardest thing is when things are not going so well and you have got to dig in and get results.