Barry Commoner Quotes

No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive side of things.

Things are going to get better. Be optimistic.

Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.

The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train.

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

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

I know when I get down and discouraged, it's hard for me to be able to just see anything except for right where I am.

Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.

He who says it cannot be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it.

You have to be optimistic in order to continue to move forward.

I guess a little bit of delusion can go a long way.

As long as we can imagine a better path, of course we are obligated to seek it. This is why unwarranted pessimism about our future is actually irresponsible.

Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.

Hope clouds observation.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

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.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

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.

Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.

An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.