No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be.
We need more pessimism that the future might be a lot worse, and we need more optimism that the future might be better.
You don't build for the way people live, but for the way they should live. I don't write about people as they are, but as they could be and should be.
The tyranny that now exists is actual. That which may exist in the future is potential. If we are always to draw back from change with the thought that the change may be for the worse, then there is no hope at all of ever escaping injustice.
Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change... If you disable change, if you effectively stop time, if you prevent the possibility of the alteration of an individual's circumstances — and that must include at least the possibility that they alter for the worse — then you don't have life after death; you just have death.
Opportunities are where the complaints are.
If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.
I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we're just getting started.
...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best.
American can do better, and help is on the way.
The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible.
For me, possibility, progress, growth, those things are very.. they feel very good. It doesn't usually come with negativity. I don't really mind sucking at something as long as I'm getting a little bit better at it along the way.
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
The thing is, the future happens. Every single day, like it or not. Sure, tomorrow is risky, frightening and in some way represents one step closer to the end. But it also brings with it the possibility of better and the chance to do something that matters.
I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I'm sorry, I'm still on the last caller.
To start to look more focused on the good that's been done and can be done.
