Mort Sahl Quotes

Like all pioneers I have labored more in faith and hope.

Finite to fail, but infinite to venture.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Hope leads men to venture; and no one ever yet put himself in peril without the inward conviction that he would succeed in his design

The only lost cause is one we give up on before we enter the struggle.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

I was a complete, total nerd... I loved the idea that the underdog wins more often than not. And I don't know if that happens in life. But I want it to.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

There is nothing you can tell me to discourage me.

Difficulty does not deter me. In fact, I find challenges exciting.

My wife says I have happy delusions. I'm delusional that way. I just say, 'This is how it's got to be, and it's got to be.' I don't take no. I just don't like no. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. That's just how I am.

Outside of my family, I was always inspired by true heroic stories of leadership and survival. For example, the story of the Shackleton expedition, when their ship became lodged in the Antarctic ice pack while exploring.

You don't just stop believing in something because it doesn't always work.

Better off dead than giving in; not taking what you want.

Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life.

Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.

Remember, whatever the price...I'll beat it! I like living! Tyrion Lannister

He must trust, and he must have faith. And so he builds, because what is building, and rebuilding and rebuilding again, but an act of faith?

I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I am dumb enough to try anything.