Tennessee Williams Quotes

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

Hope is like compassion to me. It's like possibility and living in possibility.

Human beings have to create hope. They have to. You have to have something you hold onto as being a possibility. Otherwise, why go on?

There is a light which cannot ever be extinguished. It is inside of you... It is you.

There is always a way and always hope in the next sunrise, and in the next second, and in the next minute.

The question was put to him, what hope is; and his answer was, "The dream of a waking man."

You can't insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.

What proves the hero truly great,Is never, never to despair.

Hope is man's inner effort.

It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed.

Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can't take that away from me.

Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.

Good cheer is a state of mind or mood that promotes happiness or joy... With God’s help, good cheer permits us to rise above the depressing present or difficult circumstances. It is a process of positive reassurance and reinforcement. It is sunshine when clouds block the light.

Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.

Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind.

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

Indeed. That pony collection isn’t nearly complete,” Carter mused. When I dared a look back at him, I saw that the angel was smiling at me. “You see? You aren’t lost. No matter what happens to you, you have a plan. There’s still hope.

It's very important to remain optimistic and to see the silver lining in everything you do. Because no matter how sometimes things look difficult, and look like there is no hope, there is always a small glimmering of silver lining that is in everything, and I always look for that, and hang on that, and before I know it, another day comes and is gone.

No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it.

Where you are is where it's at.... Don't ever give up & don't ever give in.

A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.

No matter what happens or how difficult things become, you will eventually feel better.

It is hope which makes the shipwrecked sailor strike out with his arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.

I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening.