Molly Ivins Quotes

When I started out, I struggled, and I was broke a lot. But I'm glad I struggled, and I'm glad I was broke a lot.

When times are tough I am not one for just throwing the towel in.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

You know, there is always times where you feel discouraged and things coming against you, but I don't know if I ever wanted to throw in the towel.

I've seen a lot of highs and a lot of lows with this team, and one thing I've learned is that even though you have lows, you're not going to have them forever, so you've got to keep fighting.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.

I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.

Things are not going to be easy, things are not going to be fair. Just do your best.

It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.

My character is 'Get up and keep fighting,' unless I've been nailed to the ground.

One thing I learned when struggling, you got to get to your spots.

Not everything happens as we want or desire. It doesn't matter. I'm a fighter, and I'm ready to fight every time.

I've been working really hard in this business for a very long time and I've had my share of ups and downs - and to be honest, most of them have been downs. It's a motivation point.

TNA didn't use me, but I got hungrier to wrestle. The struggle made me better.

It's been a tough season for all of us, but all we can do is keep fighting and showing character to the end of the season

You have to always continue to strive no matter how hard things get, no matter how troubled you feel. No matter how tough things get, no matter how many times you lose, you keep trying to win.

Just go and keep auditioning and keep trying and keep believing things will turn around, and it always does.

We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?

I've always believed in survival.

When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again.

If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up.