“You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.”
Hope is not naive — it is a strategy. These quotes explore optimism in the face of difficulty, the refusal to give up, and the quiet stubbornness of believing that tomorrow might be better than today, even when the evidence is thin.
“The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.”
“You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.”
“The great hope of society is in individual character.”
“We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.”
“Beware how you take away hope from another human being.”
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.”
“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
“I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ.”
“It's just a part of our nature to hope.”
“I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.”
“I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.”
“If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.”
“I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.”
“Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.”
“In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.”
“We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.”