939 private quotes tagged hope

“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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“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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“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope.” — Reinhold Niebuhr

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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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“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.” — Richard M. DeVos

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“See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.” — Charles Barkley

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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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“Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.” — Susanna Moodie

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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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“You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change.” — Sharron Angle

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

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“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.” — Henri Frederic Amiel

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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 know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.” — Oscar Hammerstein II

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“I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.” — E. O. Wilson

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“I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.” — Paul Tillich

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“How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.” — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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