Julia Glass Quotes

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I haven't always been thrilled with my work. But the fear of not proving the people wrong who think you can't emerge from a franchise and do well, that's a very strong driving force.

I want to let little kids know that no matter what situation they come up in, that they're not exempt from success. All I ever wanted was for people to believe in me and just recognize my potential. I came, I struggled, I made it, I conquered.

Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was inspired to come out of everything I've been through and end up in a place where I never thought that I would be.

I was told I would become nothing. Now I am showing people how big nothing is.

There are a lot of people who came out of adverse situations and made it. Use it as motivation. Use it to drive you.

I had to overcome a lot of things, but with that, I've inspired a lot of people.

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.

I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was.

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me.

I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.

You actually can make it, no matter what. I truly am a firm believer in that. Eminem's living proof.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

I have to work extra hard because I am dyslexic. People said that I couldn't be an actress, but I'm proving them wrong. Acting has helped me overcome the challenge.

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

I always wanted to be somebody. If I made it, it's half because I was game enough to take a lot of punishment along the way and half because there were a lot of people who cared enough to help me.

I had to overcome challenge after challenge in order to take my life from nothing to living my dreams.

I was told millions of times that I was never going to achieve what I set out to, but I decided to do it, and I did it.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.