hope

"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."

"Kids are our future, and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white."

"The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again."

"Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding."

"There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen."

"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people."

"A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities."

"Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse."

"People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today."

"Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope."

"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, 'It will be happier.'"

"I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope."

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life."

"Don't ever lose hope because better days will come."

"In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."

"I hope that by modeling feminism in my own life, work and relationships that it will haut become an organic part of my daughter's life. But I'm also fully prepared for her to become a Republican as a way to rebel as a teenager - that would be just my luck!"

"Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins."

"A dried plant is nothing but a sign to plant a new one"

"Action is what makes hope a reality."