Quotes About Perseverance

If I just said, 'I'm a helicopter pilot and a federal prosecutor' they might think I've served my country, I'm experienced. If I say, 'And I'm a mom,' they think I get it. 'She's a working mom. That's tough.'

In my 20s I was in constant pain from undiagnosed endometriosis. With no prospect of a cure, I decided I needed a career - writing - that could accommodate being ill.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.

I've fought a lot of prospects.

Whatever happens with my career, I'm going to prosper no matter what.

We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.

If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.

If my leg falls off, I'll get a prosthetic. There'd be no deep sadness about. I'd just get on with it! It's called life, and I love life. You have to be positive, and you have to crack on no matter what.

I have two prosthetic legs. This is my life; what am I going to do with it? And it's put me on this amazing journey. I can look back and be completely grateful and say I would never want to change anything.

I sit down in a chair, and I take off my two heavy little prosthetic legs and I crawl on my knees to the edge of the pool and I just jumped in, and I just instantly loved it.

At 18 months old, both of my lower legs were amputated so I could be fitted with prosthetic legs and learn to walk.

As main protagonist, there's so much that you have to prove.

The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'

My thing is whether my film is small, I am still playing the protagonist.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.

I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.

John Lewis was a giant in the face of adversity and injustice, putting his life on the line for our freedoms and committing his life to protecting the right to vote.

Building our homes as fortresses of righteousness for protection from the world takes constant labor and diligence.

When you play for 20 years - and really, I never had to miss a game due to injury - that's not just good protection. That's good luck.

My father told me I couldn't possibly be a model because I was too short. He's very protective. I did it partly to prove him wrong.

On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.

I put on fifteen pounds of muscle, so that was a lot of eating chicken and a high protein, low-carb diet. Also a lot of heavy lifting and a very different kind of training with an ex-navy SEAL guy who wanted to kill me every time I got with him. In a good way.

When things are scary, or there's a struggle, I always think, 'How is this going to sound in my biography?' Sometimes I would just be living on protein shakes or the cheapest food that I could afford because I didn't have a lot of money.