Anne Lamott Quotes

I hope that people take away hope, maybe not in an obvious sense, but in the form of hearing somebody who's genuinely fighting to stay above water. And in that fight, there's hope. In that fight, maybe there's positivity.

I’d always enjoyed life, and I knew I would again. But I was going to have to slog through a lot of bad patches to get there

It's gonna be okay, no matter how hard your rock bottom is, you can rise above it and you can come back.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

Reality show? You can't find anything better than boxing because of the trials and errors, the ups and downs, the struggle when you get knocked down to get back up. Use it symbolically and interchangeably for life.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

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

But desperate people find courage.

If I kept saying it; if I kept reaching out. My accident really taught me just one thing: the only way to go on is to go on. To say 'I can do this' even when you know you can't.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.

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.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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.