Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

My message has always been about resilience.

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

Growth is the surviving influence in all our lives. The tree will send up its trunk in thick profusion from land burned black by atom bombs. Children will grow from poverty and filth and oppression and develop honor, integrity, contribute to all mankind.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

We imagine things - that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it.

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

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.

And when things get tough, trust there is a bigger plan and that you will be stronger for it.

I don't want people to feel sorry for me or pity me - I want people to know that what got me through was human spirit and everyone has that in them.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Throughout the journey of my life, I have maintained a strong faith in the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. I deeply believe in one's own positive will to overcome even the most daunting challenges.

I want to talk about hope. Are we going to be completely lambasted by things we don't see coming? Yeah. Is it going to damage the human race and hurt us? Probably many times. Are we going to get over it? Absolutely. Are we going to move through it? Yes.

This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.

The human spirit can be indomitable and it is this rare quality that is not at all to be expected that makes survivors of us all, the human race in the grand scheme of things.

The ability to take misfortune and make something good come of it is a rare gift. Those who possess it are ..said to have resilience or courage.

You can walk away and say "We don't need this." but something in your eyes says "We can beat this.

Hope is something really tough and tenacious you have to give up. It’s an addiction to break.

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.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

But I've never once thought that I wouldn't get back, as if you do think like that, then you're in trouble.

One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake.

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.

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.