Lauren Oliver Quotes

We shall go forward together. The road upwards is stony. There are upon our journey dark and dangerous valleys through which we have to make and fight our way. But it is sure and certain that if we persevere - and we shall persevere - we shall come through these dark and dangerous valleys into a sunlight broader and more genial and more lasting than mankind has ever known.

It's always darkest before the dawn. The bigger your challenge, the closer you are to your victory.

Struggle is part of the journey.

If it were any other way, it would be easy. And if it were any other way, everyone would do it and your work would ultimately be devalued. The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely it would be worth the journey. Persist.

They say behind mountains are more mountains.

The best way out is always through.

To the stars through thorns.

For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going.

He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

For all of us it’s the things that won’t work that keep our interest.

Stand high long enough and your lightning will come.

Everything of worth is found full of difficulties.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ... But the good faith effort that's being put into this absolutely is encouraging to me and gives me hope.

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

It's like you run into this dark tunnel, trusting that somewhere there's another end to it where you're going to come out. And there's a point in the middle where it's just dark. There's no light from where you came in and there's no light at the other end; all you can do is keep running. And then you start to see a little light, and a little more light, and then, bam! You're out in the sun.

Just because fate had thrown another obstacle in my way didn't mean I had to give up my dreams.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it is a long and difficult road, full of perils, and if a traveller on foot were to look at the length of it, his spirit would be overcome and he would sit down and refuse to go any further. You must not look to the end of the road, Portia. Look only to the step in front of you. That you can do. Just one step. And you will not make the journey alone.

The journey towards success is not always easy or upwards.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

Challenges met are the scariest but are sometimes the most worthwhile.

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.