Justin Cronin Quotes

What is stronger, fear or hope?

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

The future is called 'perhaps', which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

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

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.

Without hope we are lost.

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

Latin Americans hold on tight even to pain and suffering, preferring a certain present to an uncertain future. Some of this is only natural, entirely human. But for us, the fear is paralyzing; it generates not only anxiety but also paralysis.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

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.

Fear and hope are alike underneath.

Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

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

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Hope--danger's comforter

We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.

If I had to say something to Americans, being afraid and having fear, it's okay to be fearful because that will make you strong; being afraid will shut you down.