Patrick Ness Quotes

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

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.

I should at least mention that I am also discovering a degree of strength and of basic ability for humans to remain human in the direst of circumstances – which I also haven’t seen before. I think the word is dignity. I wish you could meet these people. Maybe, hopefully, someday you will.

Hardships and handicaps can...stimulate our energy to survive them. You'll find if you study the lives of people who've accomplished things, it's often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.

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

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.

Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn't yield to it. She continues to get up and she continues to struggle for a better life.

‘Only what we could carry’ was the rule. So we carried strength, dignity, and soul.

To the stars through thorns.

I think we all face situations in life, where we are not sure if we will be able to make it. I have been through such experiences and for me, the real hero is the one who rises above obstacles.

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

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

Never lose hope under adverse situations.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

I've had to be tough my whole life.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.