Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

And I always think of life like a giant wave. You know, it rises and it crests and it flies, and it's just magnificent, and then it crashes. And for a lot of people, when it crashes, that's the end, and they go down the deep, dark hole of depression.

I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking.

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

Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows.

... if you're someone who knows the worst thing can happen at any time, aren't you also someone who knows the best thing can happen at any time too?

I have this thing I say to myself that 'tomorrow can be better.' And I remember that period in my life where I never felt like tomorrow could be better. It was always dread for the next day.

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

I am an optimist. I think, as bad as life sometimes gets, there is so much joy and so much good stuff, that there is a balance.

Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.

I always try to look for the best in most places.

You can't always look at life as a miserable thing.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

You all know that I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces - my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope. These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times than I ever could have imagined.

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

The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.

If matters go badly now, they will not always be so.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.

When you look on the bright side, you're acknowledging that there is a dark side at which you are choosing not to gaze. If you think that the darkest hour is before the dawn, you accept that you are moving from darkness to light.

I am one of the happiest people I know. And that's a weird place to have arrived at from being a depressed Jewish kid.

If I write a sad song, at the end it's gotta be like, 'Dude, things are looking up!'

African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope.

Take everything that's bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don't ever see your glass as half-empty.

No matter the amount of negativity you're presented with, five minutes from now could be your best moment.

It's really important to always have a positive mind-set, no matter what people have been through.