Louis Zamperini Zitate

„Derjenige, der vergibt, holt die Vergangenheit nie wirder gegenüber dieser Person hervor. Wenn Sie vergeben, ist es so, als wäre es nie passiert. Wahre Vergebung ist ganz und gar.“

„Ich möchte jungen Leuten nur sagen, dass Sie nichts im Leben werden, wenn Sie nicht lernen, sich auf ein Ziel verpflichtend einzulassen. Sie müssen tief in sich hinein greifen, um zu sehen, ob Sie bereit sind, die Opfer zu bringen.“

“One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The great commandment is that we preach the gospel to every creature, but neither God nor the Bible says anything about forcing it down people's throats.”

“The world, we'd discovered, doesn't love you like your family loves you.”

“God knew my needs and took care accordingly.”