Noah Hawley Quotes

Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.

Sometimes you just have to let go of the old and trust that something better is going to take its place, even if it's scary to face change and the unknown.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

I definitely try to live my life in a very fearless manner, but there are no other sports that you jump from a three-story building and land on your hands! Diving is a lot like life. You just have to trust in what you know and allow it to happen.

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that.

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.

Once an organization has a strong sense of mission, leaders can focus on trying new things.

I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you're not making a mistake and you're not a fool. And this means you have to have faith.

I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

I always believe things are going to work out.

Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.

Oh, things will be all right. I have left Taft sitting on the lid.

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to fail, and that's the only way you can be unique. So when a director is confident enough in what they're doing, and they allow their actors to be brave and bring in stuff, the more likely it's going to work out okay.

There are times I felt insecure or not sure: I'm unsure of myself, or I get nervous, but nerves are good. I try and embrace all those things. I try and embrace the times where I'm not sure of myself or I'm like, 'Is this going to work? Is this going to land?'

Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step.

Nobody knows what they're doing, so don't be afraid to try things.