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Hope Quotes

"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell."

"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell."

Lance Armstrong, American Athlete

Hope, Ability, Children, Choice

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"One must not hope to be more than one can be."

"One must not hope to be more than one can be."

Nicolas de Chamfort, French Writer

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"Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig."

"Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

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"Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route."

"Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

"We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

Barack Obama, American President

Hope, Change, Faith, Freedom

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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Hope, People, Trying, World

29

"By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need."

"By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Hope, Positivity, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational

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"That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque."

"That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque."

Helen Garner, Australian Novelist

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"It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons."

"It is my strong hope that an environment will be created in which both of our countries can cooperate for the realization of a world without nuclear weapons."

Yoshiro Mori, Japanese Prime Minister

Hope, Countries, Environment, Weapons

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"Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible."

"Hope arouses, as nothing else can arouse, a passion for the possible."

William Coffin, Jr., American Minister

Hope, Nothing, Passion, William Coffin

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"Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that."

"Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that."

Jared Diamond, American Author

Hope, Acting, Driving, Years

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"I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn't make me happy."

"I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn't make me happy."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

Hope, Judgment, Satisfaction

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"If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation."

"If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation."

Arthur Eddington, British Scientist

Hope, Law, Nothing, Theory

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"You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light."

"You say, it's dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Hope, Darkness, Light, Change

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"I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band."

"I hope to find the perfect band as well, I really do, and I'm working very hard to find that band."

Vinnie Vincent, American Musician

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"Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope."

"Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope."

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Hope, Resilience, Belief, Strength

28

"A certain darkness is needed to see the stars."

"A certain darkness is needed to see the stars."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Hope, Perspective

27

"I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing."

"I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing."

Shania Twain, Canadian Musician

27

"Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later."

"Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later."

Gene Wolfe, American Writer

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"I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do."

"I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do."

Faye Dunaway, American Actress

Hope, Want, Years

27

"To me, we're marketing hope."

"To me, we're marketing hope."

Joel Osteen, American Clergyman

Hope, Marketing

27

"Do not lose hope in what the universe has placed you here to do."

"Do not lose hope in what the universe has placed you here to do."

Darren L. Johnson, American Author

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"I'm feeling pretty good right now, but I hope we can just win the whole thing and I can run off into the sunset and say good-bye."

"I'm feeling pretty good right now, but I hope we can just win the whole thing and I can run off into the sunset and say good-bye."

David Wells, American Athlete

Hope, Feeling, Now, Pretty

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"Hope is patience with the lamp lit."

"Hope is patience with the lamp lit."

Tertullian, Roman Author

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"I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope."

"I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine, so nothing. The only way is to go on stage and to hope."

Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician

Hope, Drugs, Medicine, Nothing

27

"I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses."

"I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses."

Jack Abramoff, American Criminal

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"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

Vaclav Havel, Czechoslovakian Leader

Hope, Optimism, Certainty, Conviction

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"We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest."

"We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest."

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian Statesman

Hope, Act, Self, Spirit

27

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us."

Samuel Smiles, Scottish Author

Hope, Burden, Journey, Shadow

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"But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer."

"But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer."

Anne Tyler, American Novelist

Hope, Want, Writer

27

"There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope."

"There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope."

George Eliot, British Author

Hope, Despair, First, Moments

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"Hopefulness is risky, since it is after all a form of trust, trust in the unknown and the possible, even in discontinuity. To be hopeful is to take on a different persona, one that risks disappointment, betrayal..."

"Hopefulness is risky, since it is after all a form of trust, trust in the unknown and the possible, even in discontinuity. To be hopeful is to take on a different persona, one that risks disappointment, betrayal..."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Hope, Trust, Risk, Disappointment, Emotion

27

"Hope may inspire and inveigle us, but we cannot just live on hope. Certainly, love can be hope, but it is merely a contingency, since it might either mend our life or break our heart. ['Waiting for the smoke signals']"

"Hope may inspire and inveigle us, but we cannot just live on hope. Certainly, love can be hope, but it is merely a contingency, since it might either mend our life or break our heart. ['Waiting for the smoke signals']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Hope, Love, Risk, Inspirational

27

"I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way."

"I'm comfortable, but not satisfied and I hope to always feel that way."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

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"I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us."

"I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us."

Maynard James Keenan, American Musician

Hope, Artists, Clowns, Trying

26

"Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me."

"Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me."

Richard Russo, American Novelist

26

"Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have."

"Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have."

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., American Author

Hope, H. Jackson Brown

26

"Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now."

"Mainly as sort of blueprints for dealing with most of the adults in their lives, to some extent with their fellows. It is this notion of aiming high and there's always hope, aim low and you might as well stop now."

Diana Wynne Jones, English Writer

26

"Let's hope you feel better now."

"Let's hope you feel better now."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

26

"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."

"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."

Laini Taylor, American Novelist

Hope, Power, Truth, Action

26

"It was hope, dying unsurprised."

"It was hope, dying unsurprised."

Laini Taylor, American Novelist

Hope, Life, Death, Truth

26

"Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily."

"Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Hope, Optimism, Disappointment, Expectation

26

"America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor."

"America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor."

Paul Tsongas, American Politician

Hope, America, Compassion, Excellence

26

"Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future."

"Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future."

Bob Riley, American Politician

Hope, Ambition, Drugs, Enemies

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"Let the sunrise of every morning bring you the light of love and joy."

"Let the sunrise of every morning bring you the light of love and joy."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Hope, Sunrise, Light, Love, Joy

26

"If I could catch a Star and hold it in my hand. I would illuminate those whose life is not so grand."

"If I could catch a Star and hold it in my hand. I would illuminate those whose life is not so grand."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Hope, Light, Kindness, Love

26

"Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope."

"Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope."

Rebecca Solnit, American Actress

Hope, Action, Change, Possibility

26

"We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices."

"We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices."

Carl Levin, American Politician

Hope, Choices, Mistakes, Past

26

"Benevolent hands reach down from heaven to offer us the most hopeful warning and remedy: “Prepare to meet your God."

"Benevolent hands reach down from heaven to offer us the most hopeful warning and remedy: “Prepare to meet your God."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Hope, Reach, Optimism, Hands

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"There is so much sttuborn hope in a human heart."

"There is so much sttuborn hope in a human heart."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Hope, Heart, Faith, Strength

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