Victoria Arlen Quotes

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.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed.

I've met quadriplegics who have lost the use of their limbs but not their spirit. They are not dark, defeated people.

I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.

I really hope my music and my life can help encourage people not to give up.

When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were able to do it. They had hard times and a lot of opposition, but they got through it." Then you feel, "I can do it too."

In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Cancer isn't going to slow me down.

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

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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.

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.

If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.

Working with Christopher, he convinced me he could fly, and he's convinced me he's going to walk again.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

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.

Keep hope alive!

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.

Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

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