Colum McCann Quotes

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

Everything can change. You can always have hope.

It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Hope is a moral choice.

For the Holy Ghost blesses us with optimism and wisdom at times of challenge that we simply cannot muster on our own.

I have hope in people, in individuals. Because you don't know what's going to rise from the ruins.

While there is life, there is hope.

It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa.

Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.

No matter how dark the moment, love and hope are always possible.

Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.

While there's life, there's hope.

My philosophy is: Life is hard, but God is good. Try not to confuse the two.

A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.

I have an incredible confidence in the resilience of the human spirit and the creative ability of the Holy Spirit. So, if you can get people asking the right questions, it really will start moving in the right direction.

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

It takes a great deal of strength to be an optimist.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

We cannot give up hope. It's our most important gift.

Having faith and trust that one day things will be greater, it sometimes is the one thing you need to stay positive in a negative situation.

I wanted to tell people that hope is really powerful.