Divya Dutta Quotes

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

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

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.

John, you have broken many times, physically and otherwise, and you have always grown stronger, but what you don't really understand in my humble opinion is how much courage you give the rest of us looking at you.

I wrote 'Option B' because I want other people to know it can get better, and I want to help people make it better.

It's not how you fall down or how low you go in life, but if you can get yourself up and set an example for even one person, then you've done your job.

My favorite phrase is, 'God only gives struggles to people who can overcome it.' I saw it in a book, and it helped me out so much.

I try and tell all the kids that I meet that hope to be amazing one day and be a professional athlete or a doctor or a lawyer or whatever they want to be. I tell them they can do all that because Tourette's won't stop them.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.

A lot of kids are broken, and it's hard for them to believe in anything. But you have to have an imaginative mind and tell yourself, 'Hey, I can do whatever I want to.'

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.

When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.

I want to talk to the bullied kids of the world. Tell them to hang on, it will get better. Know that an 'Iron Chef,' actors, musicians, artists and all successful people have probably been bullied in their life. And the best part of your life is yet to come. Whatever it takes to live, do it!

Kids come up to me all the time and say, 'Once I was going through a really bad time, and I saw you crash and get up, and it inspired me.'

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

My big inspiration for hope is the courage that I read about from people from all over the world, or that I see on a daily basis from the kids I get to work with.

There's so many inspiring people out there.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

No matter how bad something gets, no matter where you come from, you can achieve anything. I really do believe that.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; in enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not abandon it to his enemy.

I want to represent... to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.