Elizabeth Taylor Quotes

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

I won't let anything destroy me.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you probably will keep your head.

I have to accept everything... I will be back strong.

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Keep my head up, I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up I whip my hair back and forth.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

No matter what comes your way, just don't let it phase you, you can overcome anything.

Just keep going - no feeling is final.

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

To be emotionally resilient and to overcome your circumstances, not through fighting, but through being courageous and having endurance was something I thought was of primary importance.

The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

What's really hard is when you're having those more difficult days, you've got to be able to dig down deep and be able to go out there and do what it takes to be the best you can be, even on the hardest days.

No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired the art of being alive. Difficulties are but dares of fate, obstacles but hurdles to try his skill, troubles but bitter tonics to give him strength; and he rises higher and looms greater after each encounter with adversity.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

There's moments where things are harder than others, and there are obviously questions, but when it comes down to it, there is no quit in me.

You've got keep your head up, keep fighting, and do the best you can.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'