Bryan Stevenson Quotes

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

When real people fall down in life, they get right back up and keep walking.

Prolonged endurance tames the bold.

To the stars through thorns.

I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.

I've always heard that the reason you fall is to get back up and keep going. So when that happens, or life throws you bad breaks or curves or deals you the wrong hand, all I've ever known is to keep going.

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

I am climbing a difficult road; but the glory gives me strength.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Either you face the challenges in life head on or back out. And I am not someone to back out from challenges.

I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.

You got to be willing to walk in a storm. That's what I tell people all the time.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

God bless perseverance. Because it's not easy.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

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

Great necessities call out great virtues.

And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.