hope

"You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who is unhappy. Because the poor person has hope. He thinks money would help."

"When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more."

"I try to make a dent in people when I can. I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is."

"The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become."

"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed."

"Hope is a verb with its shirtsleeves rolled up."

"What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it."

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming."

"Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough."

"God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction."

"If you had hope, maybe you could find a way to make things change,. Because if you thought about it, there were so many reasons to try."

"You're all incredibly thoughtful souls who keep my head attached to my body."

"The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope."

"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."

"Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen."

"Worry looks back, Hope looks forward, but Faith always looks up."

"I hope that my story, I hope that my life is... an encouragement for people, especially in Brooklyn. I feel humbled and blessed."

"When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do."

"A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty."

"Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies."