Evelyn Underhill Quotes

I have always said about myself I am a survivor because I am.

If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.

Wanting to do it was much more powerful than the fright.

I am not afraid... I was born to do this.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

When a woman makes up her mind, she gets what she wants.

I will not retreat; I will find the strength to reach my goal.

It's that strength of the human spirit, the strength of what's deep down in you, that's really going to get you anywhere and everywhere.

Throughout life, people will try to shake your faith in yourself. When this happens, remind yourself that the only way they can succeed is if you allow it. When you walk down the street of life, always hold your head high and keep walking. Don't ever let anyone shake your faith in yourself, because that's really all that you have.

I've still got it. I refuse to lose.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.

Failure is a word unknown to me.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

The thing I most connect with is the idea of not giving up. And that's a thing I have in my own life. You have to trust your instincts and keep trying.

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person.

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will never survive the scorching blasts of derision that will probably greet his first efforts.

I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do.

I've always been a fighter - it's always been a part of my personality.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning man.

Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.

Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.

I'm very stubborn. I feel like I'm going to play this season.