hope

"There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope."

"If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius."

"Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse."

"Love doesn't come with an on-off switch. It's made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are."

"In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'"

"Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light."

"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."

"To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect"

"I'll look to the crossAs my failure is lostIn the light ofYour glorious grace"

"She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth."

"I made a sorry face in response to such strong insistence, but I couldn’t believe him. Fantasies were exactly that..…..fantasies. Whimsy. Wishes. Mere castles in the sky without foundation or substance. Dreams didn’t come true. To believe so would be to believe falsely, to surrender to madness, to give in to an unreliable hope that would crush me once again as it always, always did!"

"Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free."

"What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God."

"Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground."

"Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope."

"I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck."

"You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think."

"One often has to do what they have to do in order to do what they want to do; however if you only do what you want to do then you will never do what you have to do!"

"That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what."

"The reason most people give up so fast is that they look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come."