Buenaventura Durruti Quotes

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

It is our fundamental belief in the power of hope that has allowed us to rise above the voices of doubt and division, of anger and fear that we have faced in our own lives and in the life of America.

Some people may have their doubts about me. But I feel like there's no shot too hard for me to take.

If I can survive death, I can probably survive anything.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.

Truth crushed to the earth will rise again!

I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger.

Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.

Hope? Hope is not the absence of tragedy, my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured. Hope is the spark in you that is not subdued in the face of the vast and callous indifference of the universe. Hope is that which is not shattered by hardship. Hope is the urge to fight what is wrong even when you know it will destroy you. Hope is the decision to love and need someone knowing that they will one day die. For me to promise that there are no obstacles would be the cruelest lie I could possibly tell. That lie is not hope. Hope is the will which needs no lies.

Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.

In times of defeat, we never know how close we are to victory. In every event of failure, God has planted a seed of success.

There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again.

Though we live in a failing world, we have not been sent here to fail.

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

Still I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my haters tell em hi

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

Courage would be impossible in a world without pain.

I want to talk about hope. Are we going to be completely lambasted by things we don't see coming? Yeah. Is it going to damage the human race and hurt us? Probably many times. Are we going to get over it? Absolutely. Are we going to move through it? Yes.

No matter what kind of difficult situation one may find oneself in, some opening, some opportunity to fight one's way out, can always be found. What's most important is to hold fast to Hope, to face the future with courage.

Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers.

People all say that I've had a bad break. But today... today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

"We’ll never survive!” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has."