One moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory. — Louis Zamperini

I just knew that no matter how bad the pain, I had to keep going. — Louis Zamperini

Pain is that last quarter of a mile. You feel it, but when you’re through racing, your whole body just feels elated. So the pain is worth it. — Louis Zamperini

Hate is self–destructive. If you hate somebody, you’re not hurting the person you hate. You’re hurting yourself. And that’s a healing. Actually, it’s a real healing, forgiveness. — Louis Zamperini

If you cling to the axe you’re grinding, eventually you’ll only hurt yourself. — Louis Zamperini

You only have one life. You should never be too busy to save it. — Louis Zamperini

You should make your life count right up to the last minute. — 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 still hope. What happens is up to God. — Louis Zamperini

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. — Louis Zamperini

Don’t be afraid to make mistakes; they are just the stepping–stones to success. — Louis Zamperini

Even at my age, I’m trying to improve. Never give up, no matter what. Even if you get last place–finish. — Louis Zamperini

I was raised to face any challenge. — Louis Zamperini

I couldn’t speak English. I’m in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated. — Louis Zamperini

The race film had confirmed a dead heat. That was great. But even better, most of the New York press finally learned to spell my name correctly. — Louis Zamperini

When you’re on a raft, you pray like in a foxhole. — Louis Zamperini

I was a rotten kid. My excitement came from seeing what I could get away with. — Louis Zamperini

Self–esteem can’t win you a race if you’re not in shape. — Louis Zamperini

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could. — 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

Positive self–esteem must be preceded by self–respect. To get self–respect you have to do something good. — Louis Zamperini

Unbroken’ was published as a help to society. — Louis Zamperini

It was all in His hands now–as it had always been. — Louis Zamperini

That’s one thing you learn in sports. You don’t give up; you fight to the finish. — Louis Zamperini

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. — Louis Zamperini

You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices. — Louis Zamperini

There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not,’ Dr. Graham said. ‘For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. — Louis Zamperini

I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii. — Louis Zamperini

God has given me so much. He expects so much out of me. — Louis Zamperini

If you can take it, you can make it. — Louis Zamperini

The world, we’d discovered, doesn’t love you like your family loves you. — Louis Zamperini

I’ve always been called Lucky Louie. It’s no mystery why. — Louis Zamperini

The best way to meet any challenge is to be prepared for it. — Louis Zamperini

Never give up, no matter what. — 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