Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

We will persevere, come life or death.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.

My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.

Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who’ve no retreat.

Fight to the bitter end.

I may not be able to do it but I’ll die trying.

Let us not alter our course simply because it leads into a dark thicket of work.

Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

A lot of people gave up on us, but we kept kicking and making music.

I'm not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.

Even when I was struggling and had horrible day jobs and wanted to be successful but wasn't finding my way in, I knew what I had to do. I knew I had to keep working at it and keep putting material out there, even if no one was paying me for it.

Never give up. That's my Clippers story, never give up.

My whole career's been an underdog's.

I'm a fighter. I'm a survivor, and I'll get through anything people can throw at me.

The way that I've been raised and the things I've had to do has given me grit that is unmatchable unless you were beside me.

For the last three years that I have tried, people are laughing at me and saying that I was trying too hard. And my answer is yeah, I really am trying hard.

The early days were really difficult because it was constant no's, I didn't have an agent. I always knew that I had something to offer, but it just felt like I could never get someone to give me a chance.

I never gave up. I'm a fighter.

My dad always taught me never to give up in my mind. You can never really beat me. It sounds ridiculous, but I will always come back for you. You can't beat someone who never gives up. I could lose 100 times to you, but I will always get you. I will die trying. This applies not only to swimming but to my life as well.