“It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Reflections on Riding
Literary Lapses (1910)
“It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.”
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Charles Kennedy (1959–2015) British politician
Speech given to the 2005 Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Phil Brown (footballer) (1959) English association football player and manager
06-Mar-2007, Hull City OWS
It's maths, not rocket science.
Hugh Laurie (1959) British actor, comedian, writer, musician and director
Source: [2002-06-13, http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-920254-details/A+brighter+life+for+Hugh+Laurie/article.do;jsessionid=KnM3FNTSkpv0R3P22WrQBPZQ00jxPTkDtG2htfqq0LvwTtnLx4by!-81402767, A brighter life for Hugh Laurie, thisislondon.co.uk from the Evening Standard, 2006-08-21]
“I sit there thinking about how much courage it takes to live an ordinary life.”
Colum McCann book Let the Great World Spin
Source: Let the Great World Spin
“The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.”
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) French artist
As quoted in Artist to Artist : Inspiration and Advice from Visual Artists Past & Present (1998), p. 62
Posthumous quotes