hope

"I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music."

"After this is over, I want a shower in a really big bathroom.""I'll get us the penthouse.""What makes you think you'll be sharing it with me?""I live in hope."

"In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is joy of spirit; in the Cross is excellence of virtue; in the Cross is perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross."

"Hope will never be silent."

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved."

"Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!"

"I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love."

"When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive."

"We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age."

"I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all."

"One of the greatest men to ever walk this land was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His life exemplified unity by bringing people together for the good of all. In any small way I hope to someday bring people together like Dr. King."

"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."

"Consistent, Timely encouragement has the staggering magnetic power to draw an immortal soul to the God of Hope. The one whose name is Wonderful Counselor."

"We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation."

"The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope."

"I hope I die before I get old."

"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."

"I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'"

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

"Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value."