939 private quotes tagged hope

“It's far too much to say that effective hoping is the only - or even the biggest - part of what it takes to succeed. If 14% of business productivity can be attributed to hope, that means 86% is dependent on raw talent, fickle business cycles, the quality of the product you're selling, and often pure, dumb luck.” — Jeffrey Kluger

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“I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.” — Michael Jordan

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“Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.” — King Abdullah II

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“Looking after my health today gives me a better hope for tomorrow.” — Anne Wilson Schaef

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“Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.” — Patrick Swayze

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“Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.” — Mike Huckabee

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“You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.” — Johnny Vegas

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“I hope to be an actor and never retire.” — Dominic Monaghan

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“To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.” — Miguel de Cervantes

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“In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!” — Bryant H. McGill

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“I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.” — Orson Scott Card

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“A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty.” — David Hume

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“The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.” — Thomas Huxley

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“Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope.” — John Ciardi

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“No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.” — Josh Radnor

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“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” — Stanley Kubrick

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“I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery.” — Sarah McLachlan

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“I hope to have one more boxing match at the age of 55. Given that demographic at the age of 55 to 65, you've got to make a statement with your life. Otherwise, you are just existing.” — George Foreman

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“From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever That dead men rise up never That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.” — Algernon Charles Swinburne

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“Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.” — Democritus

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“Comedy is defiance. It's a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. And it's the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.” — Will Durst

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“Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.” — Frances Rodman

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“In the social business marketplace, brands that hope to build loyal and growing communities do so most effectively when they demonstrate their core values and allow a community to build and engage around it.” — Simon Mainwaring

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“Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.” — Martha Beck

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“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.” — Henry Miller

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