939 private quotes tagged hope

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

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“The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side.” — George Lucas

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“I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.” — Conrad Black

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“What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?” — Immanuel Kant

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“Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.” — Stephen Jay Gould

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“I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.” — Madeleine Albright

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“A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm.” — Stanislav Grof

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“I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.” — Geezer Butler

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“I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.” — Shania Twain

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“I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.” — Ingrid Newkirk

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“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.” — Sonia Sotomayor

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“I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son.” — Charlize Theron

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“It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach

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“I hope to die in the saddle seat.” — Albert Ellis

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“Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.” — George W. Bush

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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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“If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.” — Doug Coupland

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“I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. don't take counsel of your fears.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” — Vaclav Havel

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“All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.” — Magic Johnson

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“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” — George Allen, Sr.

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“When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.” — Judith Viorst

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“Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.” — Charles Stanley

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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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