Sharon Jones Quotes

I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.

That's not in my nature to run away - I'll stand up and fight.

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

If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I'm not going to let leukemia affect me.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

I don’t feel that this is unfair. That’s the thing about cancer. I’m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I’m not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It’ll inspire more people. I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try

It's funny, honestly, by rights, with a lot of the stuff that's happened to me I should be running down the street with my hair on fire, but instead I want to shape things, and I want to shake things up. There's nothing wrong with being an agitator.

When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won't be knocked down a second time.

I'm alive and I'm going to keep standing up for what I believe in. Once you get to that point, boy you are dangerous.

Rise and take your stance once again

I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it. That's how you get to know who you are.

Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you. Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?

You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them.

I've seen Joe take on many battles, cancer being one of them, and the determination that he has, and he won't stop, he's not going to make one announcement and write one editorial and go away.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

When somebody says, "You can't," I say, "Why not?"

My story, or my life or my legacy can hopefully show [fans] that once you’re down, that doesn’t mean you’re down forever. You never let up.

The war of my life had begun; and though one of God's most powerless creatures, I resolved never to be conquered.

You can huff and puff. But blow me down? I doubt it kid, or you get your ass whupped.

Everything I did to get back, if it wasnt for my team, it was for my city. Thats one thing that I bought into from Day One. Im not just here in this city to play football, Im here to actually create real change in this city. If my effort can give you hope, faith or love, then so be it. Ill give everything I have, and today was about me giving everything that I had, showing people that no matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it. If you can push through it, you will encourage somebody. Today, hopefully through what I did today, somebody was uplifted.

I think any time you get beaten down and rise back up again, you become stronger.

Look up, get up and don't ever give up.

To those that feel down and out…Let today be the day you stand up & fight. Let today be the day you say I won’t quit.