Louis Zamperini
Louis Zamperini
Louis Silvie "Louie" Zamperiniwas a US prisoner of war survivor in World War II, a Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 January 1917
CityOlean, NY
CountryUnited States of America
believe fighting mind
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 still hope. What happens is up to God.
past forgiving faces
The one who forgives never brings up the past to that person's face. When you forgive, it's like it never happened. True forgiveness is complete and total.
believe glasses people
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 survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.
ifs i-can
If I can take it, I can make it.
dark night light
However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow darkness.
giving-up race made
I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.
hurt real hate
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 hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.
sacrifice bodybuilding goal
All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.
giving-up dont-give-up thinking
To persevere, I think, is important for everybody. Don't give up, don't give in. There's always an answer to everything.