David Grinspoon Quotes

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

I think that we as a people are always prone to think about, well, tomorrow will be a better day. Well, why will it be a better day? And I think the more that we believe in doing things better, doing the right thing rather than hoping that that's going to happen, let's make it happen.

I am an optimist. I believe the future is bright. I think people who see life painted in dark colors are the ones who do not take ownership.

The word 'hope' for me is always infused with action.

Progress is more of a challenge for the cynic but also more important and urgent, since for the optimist things aren't that bad and are bound to get better anyway.

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking the wrong way.

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope.

On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something, I wouldn't have spoken.

As cheesy and cornball as it sounds, life does get better - if you want it to.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

Light tomorrow with today!

Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.

It does not have to be that the greatest generation is behind us. It does not have to be that our children will have a lower standard of living. It will be that way if we choose to believe that. I choose not to believe that.

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

I've seen enough things to know that if you just keep on going, if you turn the corner, the sun will be shining.

There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.