Lynn Nottage Quotes

Families do not stop living. We have got to keep going on. This is what people do.

I know that in life there will be sickness, devastation, disappointments, heartache - it's a given. What's not a given is the way you choose to get through it all. If you look hard enough, you can always find the bright side.

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?

We all survive more than we think we can.

What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.

If anything, my mother taught me how to sur-thrive. That's my word for it.

We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome.

What I learned for myself... is that no matter what the circumstances, people survive.

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.

I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.

Cancer taught my family that my mom is much stronger than we ever thought. Faced with a devastating diagnosis, she just kept going and living - never complaining.

Even in the worst time of life, if you are still breathing, that means you are still alive. If you are still here, you haven't accomplished what is still to be accomplished. The most important part of your life is still ahead of you.

I want the world to see, you can have a million stones thrown at you and you can still be positive.

I have to laugh because despite the destruction, we cannot let 'them' steal our pleasure. That is always the theme of my performances: I'm here to thrive, not just to survive.

The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

New York is a place that can grind you down and spit you out. A true New Yorker doesn't get ground down - he gets polished.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

We've survived by believing our life is going to get better.

There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

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.

When things are really dismal, you can laugh, or you can cave in completely.