Rodney Atkins Quotes

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.

Chin up, Ferdinand," I kept saying to myself, to keep up my courage. "What with being chucked out of everywhere, you're sure to find whatever it is that scares all those bastards so. It must be at the end of the night, and that's why they're so dead set against going to the end of the night.

The beginning of hardship is like the first taste of bitter food--it seems for a moment unbearable; yet, if there is nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we take another bite and find it possible to go on.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

When people tell you you're on the brink of death, you've got to dig pretty deep to get it together.

I've always believed in survival.

I've seen too much in life to give up.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

Tough times don't last. Tough people do. I preach that, and I guess you have to live to it.

When you are going through hell, don't stop.

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...

Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'

But desperate people find courage.

Inside I'm treading waters steady tryna swim ashore.

Braving obstacles and hardships is nobler than retreat to tranquility. The butterfly that hovers around the lamp until it dies is more admirable than the mole that lives in a dark tunnel.

When you think you're going through hell, keep going. The only way out, keep going. If you're going through hell you've got to keep going. You can't stop or that's where you're gonna end up.

When you are going through hell, keep on going. Never never never give up.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on.

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.