I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurti…

- Louis Zamperini

I've always been called Lucky Louie. It's no mystery why.

- Louis Zamperini

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

- Louis Zamperini

Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's sti…

- Louis Zamperini

If I can take it, I can make it.

- Louis Zamperini

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A sur…

- Louis Zamperini

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.

- Louis Zamperini

To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.

- Louis Zamperini

God knew my needs and took care accordingly.

- Louis Zamperini