#underdog

...so bear in mind that majorities, especially respectable ones, are nine times out of ten in the wrong; and that if you see man or boy striving earnestly on the weak side, however wrong-headed or blundering he may be, you are not to go and join the cry against him. If you can't join him and help him, and make him wiser, at any rate remember that he has found something in the world which he will fight and suffer for.... ↗

— Thomas Hughes

#underdog #respect

God repeatedly uses the least-likely and least-prepared individuals (ourselves included) to make the deepest impact on our world. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

#impact #make-a-difference #underdogs #faith

I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#expect #i #lose #never #never expect

It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg! ↗

— Hans Christian Andersen

#beauty #dreams #ducks #empowerment #fairy-tales

Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can knock you back down, it seems like if you're an underdog again, and things do surface, and they think this is real, 'these guys' intentions are genuine and sincere,' it seems like they will embrace you again. ↗

— Fred Durst

#back #down #embrace #everybody #genuine

I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling! ↗

— Zac Efron

#best #best way #come #competitive #feeling

If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through. ↗

— Jessie Ware

#comes #feel #like #london #over

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#exceptions #few #sheer #through #underdog

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog. ↗

— Shaun White

#got #hold #i #into #just

I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#considered #i #myself #person #polite