“If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don't keer if you die at dusk. It's so many people never seen de light at all.”
Hopeful feeling
Hopeful Quotes — page 282 of 783
“I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them - there's only us.”
“Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.”
“Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.”
“Behind every adversity - is an opportunity!”
“When you have put all your faith in man and continue to be disappointed, don't you hope there is something out of there that is not of human element?”
“Everyone dreams of living in Paris.”
“I believe the gun has no power because a gun can only kill, but a pen can give life.”
“Education is the only solution. Education first.”
“Through embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.”
“To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and the happy accidents of history--with a society that provides opportunities for all.”
“The hope with Tipping Point was it would help the reader understand that real change was possible. With Blink, I wanted to get people to take the enormous power of their intuition seriously. My wish with Outliers is that it makes us understand how much of a group project success is. When outliers become outliers it is not just because of their own efforts. It's because of the contributions of lots of different people and lots of different circumstances.”
“Widely spaced earth-sheltered towns offer sweeping views over the plains. High-speed trains link the communities. Food is grown in the region. Bikeways are everywhere. Nonpolluting hydrogen powers all vehicles. Sunlight and wind generate the hydrogen. Note the earth-covered bridges, the continuous window bands, the wind machines across the farmlands. In this new America, everything is reused, recycled, conserved.”
“Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.”
“I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.”
“When I vote for a candidate I always try to learn as much as I can about them, but I guess I focus a lot on environmental issues, and I tend to vote along those lines.”
“I want to state that there will be friendship between Bangladesh and ourselves. And not a one-sided friendship, of course - no one does anything for nothing; each has something to give and something to take.”
“If by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because those who can say it are very few. But ecstasy doesn't last long and is seldom if ever repeated.”
“Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.”
“My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages.”