Inspirational Underdog Quotes & Sayings

No matter our size or shape, everyone deserves a safe place in this world." ~ from BIG SMALL DOG, a children's story about overcoming bullying and adversity, and discovering unity and friendship. — Suzanne V. Marshall

Everywhere I go, kids walk around not with books under their arms, but with radios up against their heads. Children can't read or write, but they can memorize whole albums. — Jesse Jackson

God is not a technician. God is an Artist. This is the God who made you. The same God who lives inside of you. He comes into us, then comes out of us, in a million little ways. That's why there's freedom, even in the blah. Hope, even in the dark. Love, even in the fear. Trust, even as we face our critics. And believe in the midst of all that? It feels like strength and depth and wildflower spinning; it feels risky and brave and underdog winning. It feels like redemption. It feels like art. — Emily P. Freeman

A writer without a reader doesn't exist. — Harlan Coben

Be careful how you treat those who you perceive to be below you. The universe has a way of favoring the underdog. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Peace of mind comes with truth. Lying requires you to tell different lies over and over again. Tell the truth! Create beautiful memories. — Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Some of the friendships I've found as an adult are far more rewarding than those forged out of the convenience of adolescence. — Rachel Bertsche

We are stuck in a generation where loyalty is just a tattoo, love is a quote and lying is the new truth. — Anonymous

You are a real find and you keep me satisfied, up to a point. After all, I'm a malcontent and you can't change that. — Charles Baxter

... the doctrinal differences between Hinduism and Buddhism and Taoism are not anywhere near as important as doctrinal differences among Christianity and Islam and Judaism. Holy wars are not fought over them because verbalized statements about reality are never presumed to be reality itself. — Robert M. Pirsig

Do we have the will to make poverty history? — Edward De Bono

When we create out of our experiences, as feminists of color, women of color, we have to develop those structures that will present and circulate our culture. — Audre Lorde

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be. — Common

Bravery in a fictional character is one thing
it's easy to imagine and easy to write. Bravery in real life offers many challenges. We want to believe we will be brave if a situation requires us to. But if we over-think it, we will certainly fail. One simply needs to act toward the best possible result rather than to ponder all of the possibilities. — Susan Wingate

The ant finds kingdoms in a foot of ground. — Stephen Vincent Benet

It's none of our business, the sexual preference of people. So, I hope if someone's thinking about it, that if they do come out as gay and are a professional football player, and it makes them happy, and it makes their life easier, then I think they should do it. — Andrew Luck

Life is never more fun than when you're the underdog competing against the giants. — Ross Perot

Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful ... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. Powerful, all of them. And I'm the guy who fixes the windows.
They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, to be the one who isn't Chosen, to live so near the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me.
I saw you last night, and I see you working here today. You're not special; you're extraordinary. — Joss Whedon

Well, while I'm here I'll do the work - and what's the work? To ease the pain of living. Everything else, drunken dumbshow. — Allen Ginsberg

And he always stood up for the underdog--never realizing that because of his size he was one himself. — Eric Blehm

The way I see it, you can live your life as is, continuing to feel like an underdog, or you can step up. Be someone who matters, and make a change. — Kayla Krantz

She locked eyes with Jase. And said his middle name. "David."
Simultaneously, she fired her weapon.
Jase wrenched himself to the side. The bullet lodged in Turner's brain before Jase even hit the ground. — Virna DePaul

This isn't some kind of inspirational story. Some scrappy, ragtag underdog tale, some pugilistic match where we're the goodhearted gladiator who brings down the oppressive regime that put him in the arena. They get to have that narrative. We are the ones who enslaved whole worlds full of alien inhabitants. We are the ones who built something called a Death Star under the leadership of a decrepit old goblin who believed in the 'dark side' of some ancient, insane religion. — Chuck Wendig