Dean Karnazes Quotes

The human spirit is indomitable. No one can ever say you must not run faster than this or jump higher than that. There will never be a time when the human spirit will not be able to better existing records.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.

Nobody could like Donald Trump, surely, except his mother. No one really likes The Donald. But how can you not have respect for a guy who's been down on the floor and just keeps coming back? Nothing will keep Donald Trump down until they drive a wooden stake in his heart and a silver bullet in his brain.

This I know; the spirit of Man cannot be stopped.

There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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.

We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.

There are moments when the human body can overcome things you would never expect.

I've been shut down, run down, talked about, dogged out, but that never stopped me from the being the true me that's here and will be here.

Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.

I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. The lessons have just made me stronger.

Not in achievement, but in endurance, of the human soul, does it show its divine grandeur and its alliance with the infinite.

I have never restricted myself to my strengths and abilities, as they are unlimited, and I am still discovering them.

Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

This star won't go out. And it won't. we won't let it.

Though weary, it is not tired: though pressed it is not straightened; though alarmed, it is not confounded; but as a living flame it forces itself upwards and securely passes through all.

What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have - and you don't have to be a 'Superman' to do it.

That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.

I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.

I want to talk about hope. Are we going to be completely lambasted by things we don't see coming? Yeah. Is it going to damage the human race and hurt us? Probably many times. Are we going to get over it? Absolutely. Are we going to move through it? Yes.

We're carrying the fire.