Gregory David Roberts Quotes

I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

I just want people to know I'm mentally strong.

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

A stout heart may be ruined in fortune but not in spirit.

Hearts may break, but hearts are the toughest of muscles, able to pump for a lifetime, seventy times a minute, and scarcely falter along the way. Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkably difficult to kill.

We are stronger than we've credited ourselves to be. We have been the victims and the witnesses. We have said a lifetime of good-byes.

Your mind outwears all sorts of things you may set your heart upon; you can enjoy it when all other things are taken away.

Coming from prison, you're more appreciative. Somebody gives you a bottle of water, you're like, "Thank you." Because that water means something. It might not be too good. It might not even be drinkable, but you know, you gotta do what you gotta do.

My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

Roza, my self-control is ten times stronger than yours." I opened my eyes, shifting to look into his. I brushed his hair back and smiled, certain my heart would expand and expand until there was nothing left of me. "Oh yeah? That's not the impression I just got." "Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.

When you're in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It's a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.

Prison is where you promise yourself the right to live.

The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves. All of these people who are heroes, these guys who have been lily white and clean all their lives, if they went through what I went through, they would commit suicide. They don't have the heart that I have. I've lived places they can't defecate in.

Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

There is an indomitable quality within the human spirit that cannot be destroyed; a face deep within the human personality that is impregnable to all assaults.

As women, we need to know that we can overpower anyone with our mental strength.

As long as I feel that inner strength, I'll be all right.

Learning not to crumple before these uncertainties fuels my resolve to print myself upon the texture of each day fully rather than forever.

The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.