Charles Bukowski Quotes

Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day

Knowing that the battle will not end the way he wishes does not make it any less worthwhile the fight.

There are times a women's just got to fight even if she knows it's a losing battle

ll K Hamilton Some days the lion eats you, but some times you shove your arm down it's throat and pull it's visera out through it's mouth and kill it. Of course, sometimes it bites your arm off, and then eats you, but you tried, that's what counts. Some days it's not about winning, but about fighting. If you don't try, the lion will most definetely eat you. But sometimes when you put your all into something, and don't give up even when the odds are so against you, you surprise the lion and yourself, and you win.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

I believe very deeply in the human spirit, and I have a sense of awe about it. I look around and ask, 'What makes the difference? What is it?' I've known people the world has thrown everything at - to discourage them, to kill them, to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and they don't ask quarters.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

We all gonna die eventually from something or other, but don't be a wimp. Put up a good fight.

People inspire me. Every day, I meet amazing individuals in the field. When I see a mother who has walked for three weeks to come to a MSF clinic, with two kids on her back and her belongings on her head, facing intimidation and physical abuse on her way, I am inspired by her resilience - her desire for life.

When I had no place to live and I had no place to sleep - and I did sleep in the Metro - I held steadfast to the fact that I had a dream, a reason why I'm doing this... that it was bigger than this moment.

No matter where I came from, I'm a fighter.

I just like to write stories about people who survive even very difficult, impossible things.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

In this world goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man.

Do not despair of life. You have no doubt force enough to overcome your obstacles. Think of the fox prowling through wood and field in a winter night for something to satisfy his hunger. Notwithstanding cold and the hounds and traps, his race survives. I do not believe any of them ever committed suicide.

Stay positive, even if you're fighting for your life.

There is no shame in going out fighting and getting your ass kicked, but there is no honor in not fighting at all.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the way I've always lived.

The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything. We can never say that we are simply falling to pieces or that anyone else is, and we can never say that about the world either. Within our lifetime there will be great problems in the world, but let us make sure than within our lifetime do disasters happen. We can prevent them. It is up to us.

A man that runs away may fight again.

Losing isn't as bad as not fighting at all.