Ellen Hopkins Quotes

Life must continue, even with the security situation so bad, because I have ambitions. I love this sport too much.

Never give up. There is always hope, there is always life. You've just gotta open your heart to it. Live in love.

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean. Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens. Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance. And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.

Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.

While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.

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 children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.

Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

If you love your life, you have to fight. If you believe in life and progress and possibilities, you have no choice.

My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I'll make it through. I have no choice.

In the face of excruciating pain and uncertainty, I never lost hope, and it never occurred to me to stop fighting - not ever.

Keep hope alive!

Hope will never be silent.

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.

I've gone through terrible periods of depression. But, at the core of my being, there's a strange, out-of-place optimist. Despite what I'm feeling, I'm always able to get up and do my job. Which means the world to me.

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.

You can't do nothing but try if you still got it in your heart.

Never stop believing that fighting for what is right is worth it.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

You gotta have faith. You gotta keep your head up.