Nancy Farmer Quotes

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.

Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.

If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you're really not ready to be successful.

Many a man who might walk over burning ploughshares into heaven stumbles from the path because there is gravel in his shoes.

I tried, it was hard, I quit, the end. Story of my life.

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

I won't give up. Even if the skies get rough.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

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.

Everything that I've ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.

There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.

They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.

To the stars through thorns.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.

You can all get what you want to get, and so my journey was to show you how many times along the way adversity has stared me right in the face, and I've looked it right back and said, 'No.'

Not everybody gets to play their first year or second year. Some people have to go through adversity.

Never lose hope under adverse situations.

There's always going to be bumps in the road. There's always going to be this and that, adversity. You just overcome it. It's what I've done all my life.

You are going to get knocked down, but you don't lie there. You get up and face the challenge.