Richard Armour Quotes

But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.

If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all.

What is stronger, fear or hope?

Life's funny. You have to find a way to keep going, to keep laughing, even after you realize that none of your dreams will come true. When you realize that, there's still so much of a life to get through.

Nightmares end. That's how you know they're nightmares.

Darkness invades the dreams of the glassblower. Of all the unpleasantries his dreams grab in out of the night air, an extinguished light is the worst. Light in his dreams, was always hope: the basic, moral hope. As the contacts break helically away, hope turns to darkness, and the glassblower wakes sharply tonight crying, "Who? Who?"

When I said the city would be stronger, I didn't know that. I just hoped it. There are parts of you that say, 'Maybe we're not going to get through this.' You don't listen to them.

Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.

Human spirit is the ability to face the uncertainty of the future with curiosity and optimism. It is the belief that problems can be solved, differences resolved. It is a type of confidence. And it is fragile. It can be blackened by fear and superstition.

When you're going through tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments.

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.

I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end.

I've been through some dark times but I've experienced joy too. Now that joy can't be suppressed.

It's never as good as it feels, and it's never as bad as it seems.

I've never been a depressive, but I felt quite close to the edge at times. But you never know what's around the corner. Mercifully, what's around the corner is joy.

Hope--danger's comforter

Everything isn't just gonna be okay. It doesn't just have to be good.

There's always something good to come out of disappointment: Comfort.

It's better to live cherishing a dream than face the possibilty that it might all come to nothing.

The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares.

If I lose today, I can look forward to winning tomorrow, and if I win today, I can expect to lose tomorrow. A sure thing is no fun.

Trust me, all our dreams are breaking out

I don’t feel that this is unfair. That’s the thing about cancer. I’m not the only one, it happens all the time to people. I’m not special. This just intensifies what I did. It gives it more meaning. It’ll inspire more people. I just wish people would realize that anything’s possible if you try; dreams are made possible if you try

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.