Brian Jacques Quotes

Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all... As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

My light shines when things get really tough.

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.

Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well

Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

Do not look upon this world with fear and loathing. Bravely face whatever the gods offer.

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

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.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.