"Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."
-Vaclav Havel
HopeView Quote
"If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.“
-Vaclav Havel
posted in Change
Other Quotes by Vaclav Havel
Discover more inspiring quotes by Vaclav Havel
"Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance."
-Vaclav Havel
HopeView Quote
"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."
-Vaclav Havel
WorkView Quote
"Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you."
-Vaclav Havel
HopeView Quote
"Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity."
-Vaclav Havel
HopeView Quote
"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."
-Vaclav Havel
HopeView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself."
-Leo Tolstoy
ChangeView Quote
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead
ChangeView Quote
"You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you."
-Brian Tracy
ChangeView Quote
"I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me."
-Taylor Swift
ChangeView Quote
"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
-Henri Bergson
ChangeView Quote
"Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity."
-Lord Acton
ChangeView Quote