hope

"…a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed..."

"People are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything."

"I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now, my memory’s gone, all the old fluency’s disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself, ‘It’s a lie!’ So I know I was right. It’s the best chance I’ve ever had."

"The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories."

"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected."

"In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing."

"We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord."

"Tell me what’s the differencebetween hope and waitingbecause my heart doesn’t knowIt constantly cuts itself on the glass of waitingIt constantly gets lost in the fog of hope"

"Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him."

"Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered."

"Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity."

"Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have."

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother."

"A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning."

"The simplistic solutions of Deepak Chopra cannot stand against the lofty and deep teachings of Jesus Christ. Only in His answers will we find the ultimate hope for the human heart."

"You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor."

"The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc."

"I hope I never get so old I get religious."

"Hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in."

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