Benji Madden Quotes

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

Man is not made for defeat.

John, you have broken many times, physically and otherwise, and you have always grown stronger, but what you don't really understand in my humble opinion is how much courage you give the rest of us looking at you.

I want to inspire people and show people no matter what happens, no matter how much you get knocked down, you can pick yourself up. Just keep pushing forward, keep being positive.

When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

I really hope my music and my life can help encourage people not to give up.

If I can be some kind of vessel to show people that, no matter the hard time you experienced, you can still succeed, I want to put out that positive energy to never quit and never give up.

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

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

Cancer isn't going to slow me down.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

My life has been a roller coaster ride, but somehow I've always been able to land on my feet and still play the guitar.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

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.

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.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.

Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

Keep hope alive!