Sigurd T. Olson Quotes

Be the buffalo. Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee nation, once told me how the cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges directly toward it—and gets through it quicker. Whenever I'm confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment. I become the buffalo.

I was raised to face any challenge.

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.

A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.

What really makes a hero a hero is if you take that person's hand, and you walk with that person, and they have a lot of weaknesses, but in the end, they overcome all of their obstacles.

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

Our blood don't run. Sometimes we want to. Sometimes we ought to. But we don't ever run from anyone or anything.

The complacent, the self-indulgent, the soft societies are about to be swept away with the debris of history. Only the strong, only the industrious, only the determined, only the courageous, only the visionary who determine the real nature of our struggle can possibly survive.

Failure is my specialty.

"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"

Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's all I have to offer

What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

The weak sinews become strong by their conflict with difficulties.

I aint dead, I aint done, I ain't scared, I aint run, no matter what, no matter what, Still I stand

Courage conquers all things.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

You should fight for every breath you have.

People in Colorado are resilient.

Life kicks you hard but you have to be a man to come back.

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

I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.

Once you've been through tough times, you can only become stronger.

My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.