Michael Waltrip Quotes

Hope and encouragement, especially hope, is probably one of the greatest things you can give another person.

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'

Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is truly inspiring to see that. My love for the country starts with them.

Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.

When bad things happen he’s the consoler in chief. When good things happen, he’s the celebrator in chief.

I use my experience to comfort and support others for whom life has no hope.

I am grateful for my family, friends, and all those who send constant love and support - you are my energy and my hope. You teach me, love me even when I'm wrong, and let me ride the challenges and come out whole.

It's very easy to look at the world and think this is all so cruel and so mean. It's important to not become bitter from it.

Each of us can provide a positive example to others in our lives, and that's powerful. When I visit those with difficult health conditions, I do my best to provide them with positive motivation because I know I was so inspired by people who showed support for me.

I've had people call me and tell me, 'You've given me courage.' It's fantastic... it's heart-warming to know you can be a ray of hope in somebody's life.

If somebody has hope, don't take that away from them, because maybe that's all they have.

It's you, so I feel that a person who will understand you, a person who will find you is waiting out there. So just keep on trying your best.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

Teach hope to all, despair to none.

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.

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.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you hear about on the news is all the bad stuff everyday, but what was refreshing to me was after that, you saw how many good people there are out there. For every one bad one, there's a thousand good ones.

You've got to take the positives.

I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.