Robert Burns Quotes

I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems… or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable.

To the stars through thorns.

It's never about the chemo; it's never about the cancer. It's all about what you're willing to put in to overcome whatever the obstacle is.

The '$O$' phase, it was like, 'Save Our Souls': we didn't know how we were going to get out of our situation... It was our last chance just to go all out. 'Ten$ion' was another phase, to maintain the tension we had, just to pretend nothing had happened and stay in that same furious, hungry zone.

If I missed a game, that meant I was losing the battle. I'm not going to let leukemia affect me.

I've been dropped. You get up, and you win the fight.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

You need to be prepared for firm decisions and action, without losing gentleness towards those who obstruct or abuse you. It's as great a weakness to be angry with them as it is to abandon your plan of action and give up through fear.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

You can't. You just have to.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

A Fighter gets up... No matter what.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character... -annabelle granger

But desperate people find courage.

There are seldom, if ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion.

Yes, this is a dangerous time. Yes, this is a time full of shadows and fear. But we have been through worse before and we have faced more difficult days before. We have shown courage and determination, and skillful and inventive and courageous and committed responses to crisis before.

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.