Jenny Lewis Quotes

For me, the show must go on - it doesn't matter how ill you are, you get on and do it.

And I never forgot this as long as I've ever performed, no matter how crap I had felt before I went on stage. I just remember Tina Turner going up there, singing her heart out for everybody, and meantime she had a 102-degree fever and she was feeling terrible.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

Sometimes when the going gets tough, people give up.

My message has always been about resilience.

It's how many times you get back up that defines you.

You have to learn how to fight through when it sucks and it's really hard.

Every time I get an injury or suffer from a personal setback, that's exactly what I do: I persevere.

I've been in situations in my career where I've had slumps and struggles. I always stick with it and just keep working.

Because I knew how hard I worked, I knew the pain, I knew the sacrifice, I knew the tears, I knew everything. Despite everything, I stuck to it. I toughed it out, and I kept my head in the game, even when the odds were against me.

I work really hard, and have had many opportunities to give up and throw the towel in. But I never did.

That's the easiest thing to do, is quit and give up when things are hard. You really see what you're made of when those things are not going the way you want them to go.

Sometimes, when things aren't coming easy, you've got to fight through that.

My dad always said, 'Champ, the measure of a man is not how often he is knocked down, but how quickly he gets up.'

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

You have to be resilient.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

Do as many gigs as the good Lord sends. That's the only true training.

We all survive more than we think we can.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

I think what endurance sports teach you is to stay dedicated, stay focused, and also to understand you're going to have ups and downs, but you need to keep running right through them.