Mazie Hirono Quotes

You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong.

You don't win a fight by the size and the weight.

It is definitely hard when you're going against the tide. Of course, it is tough. But does that mean you can't do it? No, it depends on your strength, stamina and ability to take so much power against you.

I admire the Elsie Tanners and Barbara Windsors of the world: people who have crawled back from the abyss. I'm quite camp in that respect.

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

When my back's to the wall, I want to fight.

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.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight.

What I really admire are people like my daughter, Victoria, who don't give up, who have daily medical challenges and medical conditions. They go on with their lives and make the best of it, not giving up even when it's not easy.

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.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

And that's what's beautiful to me, is he did not become a victim of it, and he didn't become a statistic, he just kind of kept on marching through, no matter what people threw at him.

I am determined to go through the horror of this world.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

People striving, being knocked down and coming back... this is what builds character in a man.

My whole life, I have had to fight.

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.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.