John Lennon Quotes

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

I just can't surrender. I can't start something and then surrender because of political reasons. I just don't do that, and that goes back to me, why I keep running when I should probably take it easy, even though I have no hobbies, and enjoy the rest of my life.

I really should have fell but I stood

I think you just keep going. I've been that way, my whole life.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain.

Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.

There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.

I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the being the true me that's here and will be here.

Sometimes it's easy to go where the wind blows, but those that stand firmly planted are forces to be reckoned with.

I have this image of myself as kinda like the Energizer Bunny. I get knocked down, and I pop right back up.

They tried to humiliate and cow her down in every way possible, but Jayalalithaaji was unstoppable. With every attack, she became stronger.

This star won't go out. And it won't. we won't let it.

No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go to hell.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.

Never stop! Slow down sometimes, but never stop!

Determination means to use every challenge you meet as an opportunity to open your heart and soften, determined to not withdraw.

Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.

It will come all right in the end. There is the steady impulse of your determination that sets you on your feet again after every downfall and breakdown. Gradually the obstacles are all overcome and your current becomes stronger. Everything comes right in the end. Steady determination is what is required.

The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand

I've been through everything. I always said I was like those round-bottomed circus dolls — you know, those dolls you could push down and they'd come back up? I've always been like that. I've always said, No matter what happens, if I get pushed down, I'm going to come right back up.

I think I'm determined. And I think if you're determined, you're right. Your behavior is exactly the same when you're stubborn, except then you're wrong. And so, there's times when I'm wrong, and I'd say, "Well, you were the dark side of determined." But I think determination, you know, it's like have an idea, think about the idea, the risks involved. What does it take to get from here to there? And then once you make the choice, you just keep going.

I'm not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.