hope

"Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him, in like manner our loving God shows His fondness for His beloved souls who have given themselves entirely to Him and have placed all their hope in His goodness."

"Each life experience poses this question: how do you want to be changed because of me?"

"We are preaching hope, standing on the bones of the past."

"My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here."

"Some people try to change the world one life at a time. Others try to change the world one death at a time. And I try to change the world one bucket full of dirt at a time."

"Hope-that unshakable golden belief that things can get better- is why I'm here talking to you now. Without it, we are nothing."

"Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed."

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

"The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love."

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed."

"There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky."

"Now I'm making a decision. I choose life. I shall live because there are few people I want to stay with for the longest possible time and because I have duties to discharge. It is not my concern whether or not life has meaning. If I am unable to forgive, then I shall try to forget. I shall live by force and cunning."­"

"We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown."

"I could recognise his soul in mine as much as he could find me in his. Our sole existences seemed to have been for this very moment when nothing else mattered."

"You can't eat hope,' the woman said.You can't eat it, but it sustains you,' the colonel replied."

"To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see."

"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever."

"If we ever hope to rid the world of the political AIDS of our time, terrorism, the rule must be clear: One does not deal with terrorists; one does not bargain with terrorists; one kills terrorists."

"The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope."

"I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues."