Shane Claiborne Quotes

I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can.

You've got to get people to believe that change is possible... You have to show that you can fight things successfully even if you don't win.

They told us we wouldn’t get here. And there were those who said that we would get here only over their dead bodies, but all the world today knows that we are here and that we are standing before the forces of power in the state of Alabama saying, ‘We ain’t going to let nobody turn us around.’

It's hope as a decision that makes change possible.

Cause I am strong and I can prove it And I got my dreams to see me through It's just a mountain, I can move it And with faith enough there's nothing I can't do And I can see the light of a clear blue morning And I can see the light of brand new day I can see the light of a clear blue morning And everything's gonna be all right It's gonna be okay [lyrics from "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"]

Hope never trickles down. It always springs up.

Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

I don't think just scaring people is enough. That worked during the freeze days to a major extent, but we really didn't achieve that much even at that time. You have to have more, you have to give people hope and a vision of a better world.

Power is never so overwhelming that there's no room for resistance.

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

My big inspiration for hope is the courage that I read about from people from all over the world, or that I see on a daily basis from the kids I get to work with.

Hope is a waking dream.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

All I can do is to try and make the future better.

On one hand, I am very pessimistic, but on the other hand, if I didn't believe that speaking up would do something, I wouldn't have spoken.

Movements don't die, because struggle doesn't die.

I'm an optimist. I have always been, and I will continue to be. So I believe there's always a possibility of transforming or changing or doing something different.

I want children to know that they can create the life they dream of despite the odds that are against them.

In difficult times, it's important to speak up. We cannot change the past, but we can impact the future.

For me, the more I think about the problems of the world, I feel I have to be positive. I wouldn't like to fall into cynicism or nihilism. That's not in my nature.

It just goes to show, if you remain focused and you have a dream and you have a desire to do something, then no matter what gets in your way, you can never lose hope. It's possible.

I think hope is the belief that tomorrow can be better than today, and I don't lose hope.

Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there is nothing - but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.