Angela Davis Quotes

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

I think you need to go through some stuff to really appreciate life and understand what it means to persevere, overcome and have faith. I think those tough times make you a stronger person.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

No one is perfect in this world, and we all have our battles, but it's the way we get back on our feet and turn it around that really counts.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

In every life there is an element of victory over fear, which needs to be searched for, though it may be a false victory.

All we can do in life is push through the things that make us afraid and try to be better.

The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring.

During the bus boycott, I was tested by fire, and I came to understand that I was not a breakable crystal figurine.

As I look back and connect the dots, all I want to do is go back and hug my scared young self, who took a lot of steps out of impulse not knowing what will happen. So many nights of disappointment, so many others of being disillusioned where I would have just gone ahead and quit it all - I still do not know what kept me hanging in there.

This is a beautiful life we lead in spite of whatever things come against us or whatever team loses or wins.

People have been calling me names and setting me back my whole life. And with every fight it's just given me more fuel to my fire and in doing so I've become a success.

Everybody goes through hardships but hardships make you the person you are, and I feel that is important.