hope

"Would that death were like this. Would that one would sleep and sleep and sleep forever."

"But she loves me. Me. Just the way I am."

"Aquí hay algo más que recordar: la esperanza te mantiene viva. Incluso cuando estás muerta, es lo único que te mantiene viva."

"With every mistake, we must surely be learning."

"I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is."

"We do matter. To believe that our lives are meaningful is the essence of faith. We are not as large, or as bright, or as eternal as the stars, but we carry humankind's message of love across the galaxy. We are the first. We are the world makers. Our nourishment is hope. Like the tender reed shaking in the wind, we will reach up to a new sun."

"Hope is magic. Hope is a gift. Hope is a raft we cling to in the midst of a storm. Hope by nature is an independent of logic. Hope is power outside of the facts.The human mind longs for something better. Hope is not rational. Yet who need rationality when God is on our side? The capacity of hope is the most significant fact in life."

"I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed."

"When Hope disappears ~ Faith steps in..."

"I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away."

"Why do we mortals wonder if it is through 'human chaos' or through 'divine perfection' when the world guides us to some magical event? In either case, is not the result the same? Is the result not 'divine perfection?"

"The door', replied Maimie, 'will always, always be open, and mother will always be waiting at it for me."

"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all."

"Sometimes I only hope to make a good popcorn movie."

"Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings."

"Death, only, renders hope futile."

"For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting."

"President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts."

"We hope that we will live only because we must be with God, as alive as He is."

"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world."