Christopher Reeve Quotes

It made me a stronger person, and more determined. I don't know if I'd still be as strong if I didn't have all that hate. I needed hate to make me more determined.

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

It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.

I thank every bully I ever had because that's the only reason I'm here. I learned how to not be affected by it and triumph over it, and that made me - again, if I had any success whatsoever, it's because these people made fun of me.

You don't have to let a bad experience stop you from doing what you want to do.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

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.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it.

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

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

I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.

If you fall then that's not all... if you wish to be down then stay down... if you wish to be up then get up.

You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.

The only advice you can give is, 'Don't let the bad stuff keep you down.'

No matter what happens to us in life, we must get back on our feet and continue on the path.

It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.

It doesn't matter whatever has happened in my life; it doesn't matter how many ditches I've had to go through in my life. I keep going forward.

I want people to use my story to stand up, be strong-willed and persevere.

I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

I've experienced industry politics and... people telling me I'm never going to make it. I'll never listen. I'm doing me.

The more people that write me off, the stronger I get.