Al Sharpton Quotes

All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it you hold the possibility open that you will have better days.

I have this weird optimism that when things are not good - like, really, genuinely not good - that we shall persevere.

Everyone has a dark cloud hovering over them at some point, but then there is sunshine.

No matter how difficult life becomes, there is always hope.

If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.

Everything will probably never be OK. But we have to try for it.

I always tell people, 'It'll get greater later' meaning that sometimes we have to pass through whatever it is. We know that we can get through it because others have.

There's so much life to live, and if you just keep on breathing and keep on walking, you will get through everything.

The hardest thing to do is to fail and keep pushing at the same time.

Once I failed in cricket, I joined a law course, but when it also did not work out, it was another setback. When you get back-to-back failures, you automatically start to work harder in life.

I want to show people no matter what they go through there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Bad nights lead to better days

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.

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.

I'm not interested in blind optimism, but I'm very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, 'This is not enough.'

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

Whatever you do, life don't stop. It only sits a minute and dreams a dream.

How do you nurture a positive attitude when all the statistics say you're a dead man? You go to work.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion.

Sometimes you're trying your best and you still can't find a solution, but I try not to waste my life living in a dark place.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.