„If you’re going through hell, keep going.“
— Kristin Hannah, book The Nightingale
Source: The Nightingale
True origin unknown. Finest Hour described it as "not verifiable in any of the 50 million published words by and about him" ( Finest Hour, The Journal of Winston Churchill, Number 145, Winter 2009–10, p. 9 https://www.winstonchurchill.org/images/finesthour/vol.01%20no.145.pdf). A similar quotation: "If you're going through hell, don't stop!" is "plausibly attributed" to Oregon self-help author and counselor Douglas Bloch (1990), according to Quote Investigator.
Misattributed
Variant: If you're going through hell, keep going
Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/09/14/keep-going/
„If you’re going through hell, keep going.“
— Kristin Hannah, book The Nightingale
Source: The Nightingale
— Blu American rapper and music producer 1983
The World Is (Below the Heavens)
Below the Heavens (2007)
„You're not supposed to look back, you're supposed to keep going.“
— Alice Sebold American writer 1963
— John Hagee American pastor, theologian and saxophonist 1940
Quoted in * Perry says he believes non-Christians will go to hell; rivals pounce
Dallas Morning News
2006-11-06
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Hoppe
„I've got to make it to heaven; for going through hell.“
— 50 Cent American rapper, actor, businessman, investor and television producer 1975
Gotta Make it to Heaven
Song lyrics, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
„If you are going to go through hell… I suggest you come back learning something.“
— Drew Barrymore American actress, director and producer 1975
„It's a f*** you world. Well, keep it going anyhow, what the hell.“
— Charles Bukowski American writer 1920 - 1994
„Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.“
— Dean Karnazes American distance runner 1962
Source: Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
„Hold back the edges of your gown, Ladies, we are going through hell.“
— William Carlos Williams American poet 1883 - 1963
— Joe Strummer British musician, singer, actor and songwriter 1952 - 2002
About Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros' album Global a Go-Go (2001) and about the song writing process.
Strummer talks war and music (13 November 2001)
„If it's about the lives of my men and their safety, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can.“
— Allen West (politician) American politician; retired United States Army officer 1961
At his 2004 hearing, regarding his conduct of an interrogation. [Department of the Army, 43rd Military Police Detachment (CID)(FWD), 10th Military Police Battalion, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Memorandum, Subject: CID Report Of Investigation – Final – 0152-03-CID469-60212-5C1A/5C2/5T1, February 6, 2004, http://www.aclu.org/files/projects/foiasearch/pdf/DODDOACID000105.pdf, September 28, 2010]
2000s
„If you're trying to keep it a secret, Miles, why are you going around telling everyone"?“
— Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)
Context: Marta blinked at him with manufactured innocence. "Kareen had it from Mark. I had it from Ivan. Mama had it from Gregor. And Da had it from Pym. If you're trying to keep it a secret, Miles, why are you going around telling everyone"?
„Keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life not so whiney.“
— Matt Groening American cartoonist 1954