Arsenal can take positives from the result and most of the performance, City can take heart from the fact that even with 10 men they gave us a game until the second goal went in.
Mr Erdogan will also take heart from the economy, which has grown by an annual average of 7% since 2001, four times as fast as the EU's.
We can take heart from the Commission’s expert opinion.
Of course, parents can take heart from the fact that while the study does suggest some benefit in action video games, it does not imply that one must do nothing else.
You can take heart from the doctor's assurance that your secretary is recovering speedily and will soon be back at his work.
Hirvonen hasn't won since the season-opening Rally Sweden and will take heart from a successful test in Greece last month, when he managed extensive running.
Some analysts take heart from Hamas's offer of a 30-year truce if Israel returns to its 1967 borders. But it has never offered permanent recognition.
Such regimes are unlikely to take heart from Egypt's experience.
The government can take heart from the latest opinion polls.
