Matthew Quick Quotes

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.

What I learned at home was despair and hopelessness. What I learned at the pictures was don't give up the ship, we have only begun to fight, it's always darkest before the dawn.

Reflecting on his years in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote that there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity, but he refused to give up.

I like to keep my issues drawn, it's always darkest before the dawn.

It's fun to play somebody who's kind of struggling.

I think my life will always be worth living, though I don't imagine it being very easy.

No matter how difficult life becomes, there is always hope.

Weave me a rope from this dark despair, from this dull-eyed pain... Weave me a rope from this endless night, from this distant shore... Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

However mean your life is, meet it and live it.

Sometimes life has a way of putting us on our backs to force us to look up.

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.

You can lay in bed and think you don't stand a chance, that's what all of us thought, and here we are. We ended up doing all right.

But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts.

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

I'm a damaged person, but I have hope and a will to not give up.

I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

All my life, I have been a positive thinker... I have always been able to survive by telling myself that no matter how bad things are, they will one day be better. And that out of every event - no matter how tragic - one can always find a way to survive and even, perhaps, to be a little bit happy.

Never lose hope under adverse situations.

I've had many ups and downs before, and I think it's always darkest before dawn.

You can do nothing, or you can take on the challenge of taking on the adversity. You have got to have faith. You have to have faith in whatever you believe in.

You need to put your head down and... try not to lose hope.

We've all lived through something horrific, but the strength and beauty and knowledge that we're going to win eventually is what keeps me going.