Suga Quotes

There's so much power in seeing the possibility of change.

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.

I won't hold any illusions of changing the world or any such nonsense. But maybe, just maybe, I'm helping someone else change his or her life a little bit for the better, even if it just means giving someone a magical place in which to hide.

I just want to be a light of hope for anyone who might be in the dark.

I don't think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didn't achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.

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

We carry a new world here, in our hearts. That world is growing this minute.

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.

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

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in times of crisis in their lives, when they were very ill, say. If I ever doubted that writing could play an important part in people's lives, I don't doubt that now.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

Give the people not hell, but hope and courage.

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

I think that's a very important part of what we need in this country, is that sense that we have lived through so many stages and that we are entering into a new stage where we could create something completely different.

What motivates me is seeing people in the crowd and wondering what they're going home to and what they're dealing with, and knowing that for the time being we're their escape.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making.

Take actions that will give people hope.

African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope.

There's a lot of hope and comfort and nurturing in the ballroom scene.

I hope that my story can motivate someone.

We want to give people positive energy and we also want to comfort people.

We have to inspire people and give them a sense of hope. We need to bring people along, not ridicule and tear them down.