Quotes About Hope

The Obamas have been a great example for the country, and I think people are getting a bit nostalgic for that now when they see what some of the alternatives might be.

Life - life is not fair. But it can be extraordinary.

I could have gone professional, but I'm not giving up on my dream.

It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up.

We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.

It's exciting not knowing what tomorrow, or the next month, or the next year holds.

One of the difficulties of not knowing for so long whether we were doing a fifth season or not was that we weren't really allowed to go out shopping for work.

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try.

There are not many things that can happen much worse to a family than having a member taken and not knowing what happened to them.

No matter what, God is on my side. I'm not perfect, but I'm not the worst, either.

You want your kids to grow up in a world that's better than the one you grew up in. I'm not talking about my own family's wealth. I'm talking about the actual world and all the issues that we have.

I keep trying to write happy endings, but my books always end on more of a bittersweet note of ambiguity.

It sounds corny, but I wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world. I used to have that on my notebook in school.

If you expect nothing from anybody, you're never disappointed.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

The big thing for me is just continuing to be a beacon of hope. And showing people that nothing is impossible.

I know nothing is impossible in life.

I want to say this to all Filipinos: nothing is impossible.

For me, nothing is impossible.

Nothing is impossible for God.

If you think you're living in an imperfect world, you can write a book about a better world and hope that enough of your readers will notice the difference between the two.

I've noticed that things aren't bad all the time. So I've tried to write songs that people will want to hear when they're getting off work rather than something that's going to bring them down.

There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.

Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now.