hope

"I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing."

"The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want."

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

"There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God."

"You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug."

"But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins."

"Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think. So start each day by thinking of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your future will depend very largely on the thoughts you think today. So think thoughts of hope and confidence and love and success."

"Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,And sings the tune without the words,And never stops at all,And sweetest in the gale is heard;And sore must be the stormThat could abash the little birdThat kept so many warm.I've heard it in the chilliest landAnd on the strangest sea;Yet, never, in extremity,It asked a crumb of me."

"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.'"

"Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing."

"IT IS BY CHOICE AND NOT BY CHANCES THAT WE CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES."

"And I sometimes think that a moment of touching is the difference between complete utter despair and the ability to carry on."

"Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."

"The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love."

"You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better."

"Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality. Morality is not bribery or threats. Religion is bribery and threats. Humans have morality. We don't need religion."

"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."

"It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where you came from?"

"A leader is a dealer in hope."

"I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty."