Elizabeth Edwards Quotes

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving.

Everybody in life has something that they get knocked down on. The object lesson here is not that you get knocked down - it is that you get up.

It's been kind of tough, but tough people last.

I am a fighter. I never give up.

Women have a real talent for bearing up under hard times.

I've always been a fighter in my life.

I am a fighter. It's what I am.

If you suffer a setback but recover from it you become all the stronger as person and a fighter.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

A true champion will fight through anything.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I never fall down. I always fight.

Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

I'm not the type of person to give up just because something gets rough. That's a coward. That's not me.

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.