Jennifer Egan Quotes

You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.

Just put your best foot forward and hope for the best. You also have to acknowledge that you're going to make mistakes.

Change doesn't have to be hard, and healing doesn't have to hurt. Surely by now you know that every thing happens for a reason! There is something better awaiting you on the other side of this.

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.

Though you feel you're not where you're suppose to be, you shouldn't worry because that next turn that you take, it will lead you to where you wanna go.

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

The power of growth, of improvement, the power to overcome all stagnation and break through every obstacle and transform a barren wasteland into a verdant field - that unstoppable power of hope resides right within your own heart. It wells up from the rich earth of your innermost being when you face the future without doubt or fear: "I can do more. I can grow. I can become a bigger and better human being."

Success is never ending, failure is never final.

Where you are now is not where you will always be. There are brighter days up ahead.

Don't let fear stop you. Don't give up because you are paralyzed by insecurity or overwhelmed by the odds, because in giving up, you give up hope. Understand that failure is a process in life, that only in trying can you enrich yourself and have the possibility of moving forward. The greatest obstacle in life is fear and giving up because of it.

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

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.

If your dream dies, dream another one. If things don't work out the way you've planned, God has a better plan for you.

anything, anything is possible, if you can just see the sky.

No matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming.

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.

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

I know for sure that everything will work out. No matter how crazy or bleak the situation is, it will work out. Everything passes, good and bad.

Hey. What is it that famous person said? 'It'll all work out in the end, and if it doesn't, that means it's not the end yet'?

When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.

People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education.

I'm just always trying to be positive. Negative things happen to everybody. Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207

I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.