Ellen Willis Quotes

Sometimes I have a hard time distinguishing between faith and hope.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

I am a realist. I expect miracles.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors.

Faith is building on what you know is here, so you can reach what you know is there.

I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith.

Faith has a role to play in life. It is not related to success. It is the other way round. Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.

I'm not cynical.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged - 'There's nothing good in my future' - I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there's an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

I'm completely optimistic - I know the end is coming!

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless.

I am not a cynic.

I always was and always will be optimistic.

I was always spiritual, even as a child. I was taught to pray, show gratitude. We had an attitude of gratitude. Even if life was ugly, bad or sad - we prayed.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

I may be an optimist.

I'm a positive person, and I try to look at the good side of everything.

To me, it's always been a challenge to look for the light: to look for those spaces in your heart where there is hope and faith and try to embrace that rather than crush it. I've spent so many years trying to crush those feelings of hope, and I certainly succeeded for quite a while.

I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical.

I would say I'm an optimist by nature.

I'm a born, cautious optimist.

When you use your faith, it gives you energy. It gives you the ability to be able to see beyond where you are right now and see into the future.

I tend to say faith is believing in life, and as I love life, I try to do the best with it, make it as serene and joyous as possible.