Michael Jackson Quotes

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise

To oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life.

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.

I like struggle.

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

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.

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

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin', but I felt like a fighter comin' up, man. I felt like, you know, I'm being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

Under the worst conditions, horrendous conditions, people still, you know, fight for their rights and don't just succumb.

I embraced every struggle because it made me the fighter I was.

'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.

The fight's the fight.

There's a lot of oppressed people in Tottenham, but people in Tottenham also know how to turn pain into triumph.

My whole life I've worked. My whole life I've been counted out.

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

Disabilities and misfortune can make you stronger.

I'm a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph.