Lloyd Alexander Quotes

Tell me a way you think this can work." "We'll find a way," I tell her. "That's not an answer. It's a hope." "Hope's gotten us this far. Not answers.

There's a way out of every situation.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

If there's a way into a situation, there's a way out.

As long as you are dreaming, there is always a way out

If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change,. Because if you thought about it, there were so many reasons to try.

Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. And thus, by perpetually pushing and assurance, it puts a difficulty out of countenance, and makes a seeming impossibility give way.

I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

You should try to do something if you think you can see your way clear.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.

The truth of the matter is, we're not far away from where we should be. We can complain about the problem or we can go out and solve the problem. I choose to go out and try to solve the problem.

An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force.

People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets

It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage. There is a Tibetan saying, "Even if you have failed at something nine times, you have still given it effort nine times." I think that's important. Use your brain to analyze the situation. Do not rush through it, but think. Once you decide what to do about that obstacle, then there's a possibility that you will achieve your goal.

Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

As long as you can Houdini your way out of the Sisyphean constraints then originality happens.

There's no such thing as a lost cause, or a dead end. Through persistence, attitude, and creativity, there's always an escape route.

In spite of all of the things, the issues, that we may be confronting today, I'm very hopeful, very optimistic about the future.

I'm kind of like, "never say never."

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

They biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind-think big anyway.

Let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to heart: "Do the duty which lies nearest to thee," which thou know to be a duty! Thy second duty will already have become clearer.

We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need -- the umbrella of God's love.