Jodi Picoult Quotes

I know it seems hard sometimes but remember one thing. Through every dark night, there's a bright day after that. So no matter how hard it get, stick your chest out, keep ya head up.... and handle it.

There are times you can't really see or even feel how sweet life can be. Hopefully its mountains will be higher than its valleys are deep. I know things that are broken can be fixed. Take the punch if you have to, hit the canvas and then get up again. Life is worth it.

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.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.

Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well

In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage.

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.

We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there's always something beautiful that you can find.

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.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. Let your reason get you back up.

I'm a relentlessly optimistic person, and I think 'The Waterhole' is a story of hope and that even though nature goes through cycles, we prevail in the end.

She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that's encouraging. She's got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that's a good role model.

Don't give up because of the dark days. Succeed in spite of them. The dark days make the bright days seem even brighter. So bright you can hardly stand it.

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

Man is not made for defeat.

Nothing can resist the person who smiles at life - I don't mean the ironic and disillusioned smile of my grandfather, but the triumphant smile of the person who knows that he will survive, or that at least he will be saved by what seems to be destroying him.

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

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

You can hit the lowest low and face the darkest dark, but you can always get back up and get in the light. All of this is what actually makes life worth living.

We've all lived through something horrific, but the strength and beauty and knowledge that we're going to win eventually is what keeps me going.

Don't let anyone rob you of hope.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to despair. And I mean this in the sense that in order to have hope you must acknowledge the despair and then you have to get beyond it. Taken from a radio interview given on BBC Radio 4's Open Book

What is stronger, fear or hope?