John Edgar Wideman Quotes

A man full of hope will be full of action.

Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.

People think it’s easy to be cynical and pessimistic, but it’s incredibly hard work. It’s much easier to be hopeful.

The world is filled with negativity. I want people to watch me and think, “I feel good, and I’m going to make somebody else feel good today.

Where there is hope...there is life

I think a lot of people spend a lot of time talking about what they hate rather than what they love. I don't want to get trapped in that.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Hope opens doors where despair closes them.

You can't live A POSITIVE LIFE thinking negative thoughts. Dwell on the POSITIVE.

It's like most anything. If you want to be a loser, there's always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there's always a way to think positively.

Pessimism is easy. We all can do it. We don't need to read books on how to be pessimists. We don't need guidance on how to think negatively. But we do need guidance on how to think positively. People that write books on how to do that are multimillionaires.

You have to know why you get up every morning.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.

I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.

Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.

Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.

I would die without goals or a focus. I need something to keep me going.

Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.

Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.