Famous Hope Quotations

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"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."
by Benjamin Franklin
"Hope is a waking dream."
by Aristotle
"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
by Friedrich Nietzsche
"Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope."
by Aristotle
"If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."
by Joseph Addison
"A leader is a dealer in hope."
by Napoleon Bonaparte
"The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits."
by John Gay
"The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started."
by Norman Cousins
"The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest hope of the race."
by Dio Lewis
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."
by Josh Billings
"The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money -- then make money with money -- then make lots of money with lots of money."
by Paul Erdman
"The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity"
by Anonymous
"The five pro-abortion public officials highlighting today's 20th anniversary luncheon for Emily's List each need to hear the Catholic Church's teachings about abortion. These women, who claim to be Catholic, all adamantly defy the Church. It would be my hope that each of their bishops contacts them as soon as possible to remind them it is impossible to be Catholic and pro-abortion."
by Judie Brown
"The residents . . . have no idea how really important this HOPE VI grant is going to be in the larger scheme of turning this community around."
by Randy Phillips
"The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes."
by Thomas Hardy
"There are acceptable standards of behavior that the world and certainly the free Iraqi people hope will be followed by its neighbors, including Syria, ... and part of that is not to harbor Iraqi leaders."
by Ari Fleischer
"There won't be any tough decisions when it comes to determining who to keep on the playoff roster. Our hope then is we can get back to 100 percent good health."
by Rick Carlisle
"There might be some truth to (more pressure playing close to home). Kids say, 'There's so many people there I want to do so well,' so that can happen. If you're out in San Diego you're just kind of playing. (But) I don't think these guys will feel that way -- I hope they don't."
by Billy Donovan
"They (retailers) don't know. All they can do is hope and guess more than anything else. It's a brutal, brutal problem,"
by Kurt Barnard
"There's so much absolute hope now. She's full of miracles and she's a fighter."
by Denise Monteiro
"This was just a great game - two quality teams who battled all night. I hope they don't do this every time or I'll have a heart attack."
by Jacob Walton
"To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival."
by Wendell Berry
"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
by Joseph Addison
"Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and thought I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains and have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil: rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endueth all things. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. Now abideth faith, hope and love. These three; but the greatest of these is love.(I Corinthians 13)"
by Anonymous
"Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude."
by Jesse Jackson
"We are continuing negotiations in good faith and we hope that all our partners are doing likewise."
by Konstantin Dolgov
"We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon."
by Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We are winning the elections, ... I hear that people are voting in their masses. Whites are also voting in masses. I don't know how they are voting, but I hope it's positive."
by Anonymous
"We haven't heard, but we would hope that if he had intended to pull out of the Australian Open, he would have made the announcement for both tournaments at the same time. We're hopeful that he'll recover in time."
by John Lindsay
"We have a lot of families that would have a difficult time unless there was some kind of family break. Even then, it's not a great situation. I hope we don't have to go that route."
by Ralph Henning
"We had a waiting list then and we hope to have another one soon. Even though we lost some folks over the years, that group remains our largest."
by Larry Hall
"We started the week with the dedication of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Medical Building in our honor on the campus of the Eisenhower Medical Center, and we are thrilled to be ending the week with the announcement of a continuation of our 42-year relationship with Chrysler during which we have raised nearly $42 million for charity in our community. We look forward to an exciting future with our title sponsor, Chrysler, which is and continues to be the longest running sponsor-tournament relationship on the PGA TOUR."
by Steve Morton
"We need to get cancer patients near treatment and keep them near their families at the same time. These three mobile homes are only the beginning. With the help of others in the mobile home and transportation industries, we hope to make a significant impact on the lives of people with cancer in the Gulf Region."
by Roy Jones
"We know the feeling of having lost at home. That's the type of pride Dee and I try to take into every game. The other guys have done a great job feeding off of us and kind of understanding it. It's a bad feeling to lose at home, and we hope they never have to."
by James Augustine
"We just hope people will enjoy the beach and the water the way we intended for it."
by Steve Lekwa
"We hope to stand in the middle and look at left and the right and say that we believe the only way to get it consistently right is based on what we believe are biblical, Christian ethics."
by Rod Parsley
"We hope they will review their position, because if they do not, it will damage the atmosphere of unity we have in this critical time."
by Anonymous
"We're waiting for emotions to subside, and we hope that the opposition will go back to their seats so we can proceed with the debate and hopefully with the voting,"
by Anonymous
"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence."
by Samuel Johnson
"What they really hope is that the weather cooperates, that the consumer gets out early and shops, and they [retailers] don't have to wait ... and mark down some of their goods to move sales."
by Malachy Kavanagh
"When society denies them their deep-seated need to marry, it only makes them part citizen. The result is diminished hope, diminished dreams and diminished abilities to imagine a future of success."
by Gilbert Herdt
"Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope of finding ourselves."
by Henry Miller
"With a spirit of consensus, we have overcome the most difficult issues, and we hope we'll adopt the final protocols on property rights and illegal exploitation of natural resources before the end of this preparatory meeting."
by Ibrahima Fall
"While there's life, there's hope."
by Marcus Tullius Cicero
"You just want to be playing your best basketball of the season right now. We still have to take care of business at McFarland and go from there. As tough as the Badger South is, I hope that will help us come tournament time."
by Pat Murphy
"You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help."
by Jean Kerr
"[6:05 p.m.: The New Orleans Saints beat the Carolina Panthers for their deluged city and the displaced victims of the Gulf Coast region, getting two touchdowns from Deuce McAllister and a 47-yard field goal from John Carney with 3 seconds left in a 23-20 season-opening win.] In the back of our minds, we know we have to give them one tiny bit of hope, ... We have complete faith in what we are doing because every time we go out there, it is our job to give them hope that every day will be a better day."
by Aaron Brooks
"Dan had a lot of injuries last season, and we hope he remains healthy this year because he could be one of the better defensemen in the league, ... Evan has improved defensively, and it is a brand new year for the guys on our defense."
by Mike Schafer
"Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another -- too often ending in the loss of both."
by Tryon Edwards
"For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, / According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death."
by Anonymous
"For England must not fall: it would mean an inundation of Russian and German political degradations which would envelop the globe and steep it in a sort of Middle-Age night and slaverly which would last till Christ comes again--which I hope he will n"
by Anonymous
"Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed."
by Jim Wallis
"Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles."
by Samuel Smiles
"Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that."
by William Hazlitt
"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."
by Vaclav Havel
"He who has never hoped can never despair."
by George Bernard Shaw
"He was settling for some shots I thought. As a defender, you hope he does that. But he got it going in the fourth quarter. A guy like that is just going to keep forcing the issue until he finds it, and you've just got to hold on."
by Raja Bell
"I alternate between hope and despair,"
by A. Johnson
"Hopefully this will close the chapter of this book. I hope we can work together to get this district back to where it was and better."
by Ranya Young
"Honestly, I think the most we can hope for is to get our cars home in the points."
by Jean Todt
"I know Hideki is relieved. This is where he always wanted to be. His hope is to finish his career as a Yankee and help the Yankees win the World Series."
by Arn Tellem
"I guess I hope the police department will overlook it. I think they know as well as I do that the public's safer if they spend the night in the shelter rather than under a bridge."
by Jean Brown
"I think about the tremendous responsibility that I have in providing leadership to the team in the department of corrections, ... I just hope that I can be worthy of all the kindness and all the support."
by George Little
"I just hope we can get to 33. The Salukis keep winning so we have to keep on their tails. It's great for the program. James (Augustine) and Dee (Brown) have lost one home game. One of their goals is to stay undefeated at home."
by Bruce Weber
"I have every intention of using them and hope we can execute."
by Bobby Ross
"I wish More the best. They have to go out and beat themselves and I hope that doesn't happen. They are at the top in our region and I hope they do well."
by Paul Kelley
"If we hope to maintain our economic and intellectual leadership in the U.S., we must renew this commitment. Unless there is reform, American competitiveness will suffer as other countries benefit from the international talent that U.S. employers cannot hire or retain."
by Anonymous
"If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is."
by Joseph Addison
"If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances."
by Anonymous
"If you now go off and develop new standards, and standardize certain processes, you don't have to worry about IBM coming in and asserting our patents. We are not going to be a roadblock. What we hope this encourages people to do is bring health care and educational standards up a notch."
by Bob Sutor
"If you have a lemon, make lemonade."
by Howard Gossage
"It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved,"
by Goran Persson
"In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one."
by James Burgh
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
by Anon.
"It's the one activity that gives me some hope that the human race won't commit suicide, though I still wouldn't count on it."
by William Fulbright
"It's a rewarding feeling right now. It can't get any better than this but I hope it does."
by Aaron Small
"Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, -- but it returneth."
by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Just as DNA chips revolutionized genome analysis, we hope to make cell chips (self-assembled arrays of cells on a thumbnail-sized chip) using our DNA-based cell adhesion strategy. Cell chips could be used as biosensors for detecting the presence of pathogens, or for drug screening, just to name of a few of the many possibilities."
by Ravi Chandra
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
by Dale Carnegie
"Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear."
by Ovid
"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever."
by John Ruskin
"Part of me really wants to enjoy this right now. But I'm kind of in shock right now. I hope people took a lot of pictures. We've got another game coming up. Standing on that podium, holding up that championship trophy in front of the fans...it was really a dream come true."
by Matt Hasselbeck
"quite soon, we hope in the next few weeks."
by Adnan Pachachi
"Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."
by Ambrose Bierce
"Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions."
by George Santayana
"Many of the actors in these films had a glimmer of hope of being the next big thing at one point. They're still well-known enough from that spark to get name recognition."
by Mark Lisanti
"Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?"
by Anonymous
"One lives in the hope of becoming a memory."
by Antonio Porchia
"Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich."
by Anonymous
"It's been going on here forever. You hope guys ... look at what happened just last year and see where they are. There were guys last year who were good enough to have an opportunity, but didn't get to walk in their freshman year and play. It's something we talk about, but not in a demeaning way."
by Brian Cross
"It's been a great start to the year, and I hope I can keep it going. I had a tough start to the match, but I was just trying to hang in there. When I got the break back early in the second set it began to turn my way, and I increased in confidence, and got better and better."
by Amelie Mauresmo
"My only hope lies in my despair."
by Jean Racine
"It's phenomenal. It's what we had hoped for, but we often hope for the best possible scenario. You don't often get it, but in this case we got it."
by Robert Dowling
"New Hope is a place where you can be who you are."
by John Dwyer
"I'm really looking forward to playing John again. Let's hope its another classic."
by Ken Doherty
"It is a lot of money. I hope we do a better job at educating the kids and getting them in the real world and getting them to attend college. We need them in our workplace, and I know other companies need them as well."
by Bruce Hinchey
"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."
by E. M. Forster
"Let's hope they do the right thing."
by Marcia Clark
"Overall, we see the year ahead as one with great potential. The tourism infrastructure is growing, and the region is gearing up for events such as the Beijing 2008 Olympics. We hope that national tourism organizations, policy makers, tourism operators and regional merchants will find this information useful in better understanding travelers' concerns and thereby stimulate even more business for this most exciting part of the world."
by Paul Dowling
"If prices stayed up, we'd have to rebudget. It's come down ome, so I hope we can make it the rest of the year."
by Kenneth Roberts


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