Alan Cohen Quotes

But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.

Nothing was easy, and sometimes she failed, and sometimes she thought that the fairy stories were right, that there must indeed be easier ways of living happily ever after; but defeat is a poor ending to any tale, so she kept trying.

If you do the best you can, no matter how bad the situation, you probably are going to come out okay.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

Football is like that: you never know when things will change, so you can never give up.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

Don't lose heart if it's very difficult at times, everything will come out all right and nobody can in the beginning do as he wishes.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts-what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

It matters if you don't just give up.

Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel, so I'm going hard.

The bigger your obstacle, the bigger your future. Don't get discouraged, keep moving forward.

Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.

Never give up hope! Hope ultimately succeeds.

I can remember when I first got to los Angeles . I didn't have a car, I didn't have any money. I was walking the streets, you know, trying to get from place to place on foot almost. Sometimes, you know, you say, how am I ever going to get from here to there? There are a lot of people still having that dream and not being able to get there. So you never know. The idea is to keep on tap dancing, though.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light...

Nothing's hopeless except never trying.

The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet it is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.