William Samuel Johnson Quotes

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant.

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

Hope, the best comfort of our imperfect condition.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Cancer isn't going to slow me down.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.

There's been times when I've been standing in a line at a movie and someone's hit me with something really heavy about someone really close and how our music has helped them get through it. Even in our darkest moments we try and find something beautiful.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

All I'm trying to do is survive and make good out of the dirty, nasty, unbelievable lifestyle that they gave me.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

The wonderful Mozambican people have endured tremendous misery without losing their dignity and their positive outlook on life. Moreover, they have not lost their will to progress and develop. Mozambique is a country where the people never surrendered.