Julian Baggini Quotes

Positive anything is better than negative nothing.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

The word 'hope' for me is always infused with action.

He who says it cannot be done should get out of the way of the one who is doing it.

The future requires action and not mere conversation.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories.

You can get to where you want to be from wherever you are-but you must stop spending so much time noticing and talking about what you do not like about where you are.

Don't stop moving - the best time of your life is just around the corner!

We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better.

Human progress has never been shaped by commentators, complainers or cynics.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.

Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers.

I'm very much inclined to be a next-chapter guy instead of a last-chapter guy.

There is no longer time for statements like 'if only' or 'we can't.' We must and we will succeed. The only question now is how and when. I believe the time is now.

What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

Every pessimist who ever lived has been buried in an unmarked grave. Tomorrow has always been better than today, and it always will be.

The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don't focus on all the steps it will take. Don't stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.

I want to look forward.

The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything.' I say, 'Only one man can do anything.'

There is no power in cynicism. There is no forward thrust in cynicism.

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater.