Michael Arad Quotes

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

It may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: 'Sit down and shut up,' but that's the worthless, easy path; that's a quitter's way out.

Every time somebody calls me out or tries to start something, it's motivation.

I'm willing to fight anybody.

It takes a lot of guts to jump. If people criticise, I would give them a set of skis and say, 'Do it yourself then.'

The fight's the fight.

We will fight in every valley, in every street, in every oasis, and every town. We won't surrender again; we are not women; we will keep fighting.

In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.

Learn to be difficult when it counts

You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

I've done a lot of fighting in my time, and I'm down to do some more. I don't want to, but you know, there's just certain things that you can't sit down and take.

If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.

I'm damn successful but I got here by not taking crap. I still don't take crap, so if anybody needs a champion, let it be me.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

I've never backed down from a fight and I relish a good debate.

I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time.

If you believe in your heart that you are right, you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time.

I am a fighter. I'm not just there to go along and get along.

I'm going to fight again because this wasn't a fight.

I've always fought for what I believe in. I used to get made fun of for dancing, and I would argue back, or fight the kids, or do whatever I had to do to shut them up. I have that in me.

Fight to the bitter end.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise

I will not be silenced or deterred.