939 private quotes tagged hope

“If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen.” — Desiderius Erasmus

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“One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.” — Jim Carrey

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“I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.” — Pope John Paul II

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“You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.” — Fran Lebowitz

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“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu

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“I wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.” — April Winchell

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“Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.” — Colin Powell

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“My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.” — Alveda King

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“When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.” — Paul Wellstone

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“You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.” — Jon Stewart

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“Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.” — Jonas Salk

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“Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.” — Baltasar Gracian

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“I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.” — Jerry Lewis

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“Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.” — Demi Lovato

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“I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.” — Maynard James Keenan

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“All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.” — Aaliyah

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“I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.” — Elvis Presley

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“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.” — Joseph Addison

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“A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.” — John Ciardi

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“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.” — George Santayana

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“Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.” — Washington Irving

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“Hope is the denial of reality.” — Margaret Weis

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“Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.” — Jim Valvano

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“I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.” — Gerald R. Ford

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“My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.” — Bobby Flay

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