Josh Radnor Quotes

People don't like to follow pessimists.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

Go to inspirational meetings, get to know men and women who are doing inspiring things. Above all, run as hard as you can from the cynics and gripers and the negativists. They are not going anywhere. You are.

Teach hope to all, despair to none.

I try to give positive energy in all my shows.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, 'That is out there.'

I never thought a role model should be negative.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

I love the idea of people walking away with the idea of hope and possibility.

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.

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

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

When you're climbing with someone who always sees the bright spot, even if there is no bright spot, that attitude is really helpful.

Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

People are moping around and I think campaigns can be about lifting the spirits of the American people.

Negativity is the enemy of creativity.

This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

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

My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.

I'd be hard-pressed to think of anybody who's made me laugh, who's funny, but who's also relentlessly positive.

Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.

Your attitude is contagious.