939 private quotes tagged hope

“Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.” — Evan Esar

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“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” — Michelle Obama

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“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.” — Chester W. Nimitz

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“He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.” — B. C. Forbes

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“Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.” — Noel Coward

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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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“We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.” — Jonas Salk

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“TV is so different from the movies. It takes a lot of stamina because you work such long hours. It is really challenging. You are learning the next day's lines while you are shooting today's scenes. I found courage I never realised I had. I hope to do more.” — Sharon Stone

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“I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.” — Tadao Ando

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“No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.” — Ed Koch

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

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

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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 believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.” — Robert Fulghum

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“When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.” — W.C. Fields

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“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

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“Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.” — William Cowper

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“Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.” — Dean Koontz

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“At the moment of death I hope to be surprised.” — Ivan Illich

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“Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.” — Pearl S. Buck

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“Death is the great hope of all life the desire to expend itself to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.” — Bryant H. McGill

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