Winona LaDuke Quotes

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

It's easy to give up, and that's the one thing we cannot do. That's what gives me a reason for working: to leave people with a little more courage, with a little hope that has been nourished. Even if, of course, it's going to disappear, whatever touches one isn't lost forever.

I think, some days, you wonder how you're going to get through, and other days, you find reason to be inspired again.

I want to inspire people and show people no matter what happens, no matter how much you get knocked down, you can pick yourself up. Just keep pushing forward, keep being positive.

. . . show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and scrape and fight for their lives because someone is telling them that they're going to be okay.

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.

I got my story, my dream, from America. The hero I had is Forrest Gump... I like that guy. I've been watching that movie about 10 times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie. I watched the movie before I came here again to New York. I watched the movie again telling me that no matter whatever changed, you are you.

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

Ideally, I'm also sending a message that everything passes, even hope, and sometimes you have to be patient while you wait for it to come back around again.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

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.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

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.

Hope is not a form of guarantee; it's a form of energy, and very frequently that energy is strongest in circumstances that are very dark.

Antwone's story was a story of hope and that's what appealed to me. I needed hope myself at that time. I think all actors give up at some time and think they're never going to make it.

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.

Keep hope alive!

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.

Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.