Libba Bray Quotes

When I got home from hospital, and I was in a wheelchair in a plaster body cast, an aeroplane flew over. And I thought to myself, 'Well, if I can't walk, then I might as well fly.' And I was lifted into the aeroplane for the first time. And when I took the controls of the aeroplane, I knew this was something I could do. I thought, 'I can fly.'

Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

I was talking to a guy who was holding his 18-month-old daughter with the only limb he had left, and he had a smile on his face. I thought, 'I'm not even a 10th of this man.'

I forged myself out of a vacuum. I crawl along the highway on hacked off stumps year after year. Some wonder how and why. I never do.

Tell them that as soon as I can walk I'm going to fly!

If you greatly desire something, have the guts to stake everything on obtaining it.

Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and ambitious, and together those qualities enabled her to deliver herself from slavery and become a successful businesswoman.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.

Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do - don't give up.

My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up.

If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.

Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it'd take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn't want to retreat.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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

I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!

The only failure is not to try.