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Hope Quotes

"Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln."

"Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln."

Bruce Barton, American Author

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"Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic."

"Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic."

Norman Cousins, American Editor

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"The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future. And if what you see in your future has no hope, it has no potential, then you view the past that brought you to here as not very good."

"The way you remember the past depends upon your hope for the future. And if what you see in your future has no hope, it has no potential, then you view the past that brought you to here as not very good."

Story Musgrave, American Astronaut

Hope, Future, Past, Potential

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"Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem."

"Depression can seem worse than terminal cancer, because most cancer patients feel loved and they have hope and self-esteem."

David D. Burns, American Writer

Hope, Cancer, Depression, Self

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"Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now."

"Whatever the reason is, I hope we can finish talking about the Olympics. It's gone, it's behind us. The schedule wasn't proper for players who went there and there is some fatigue in a lot guys' play right now."

Saku Koivu, Finnish Athlete

Hope, Fatigue, Now, Play

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"I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories."

"I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Hope, Mind, Old

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"Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off."

"Most regular superhero books are designed to go on forever; of course, very few of them do, but the point is they are trying to throw mud against the wall and hope it will stick, and most of it slides off."

Garth Ennis, Irish Writer

Hope, Books, Trying, Will

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"Hope never abandons you, you abandon it."

"Hope never abandons you, you abandon it."

George Weinberg, American Psychologist

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"There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope."

"There is one final point I would like to make this week. As I said on the floor of the House during deliberation of this latest supplemental, hope is something Americans should never lose. Let each of us, both by our words and actions, continue to provide that hope."

Jo Bonner, American Politician

Hope, Actions, Americans, Words

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"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way."

"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way."

Edward F. Halifax, British Statesman

Hope, Company, Wrong

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"I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as they make their way through a plotline that I hope is engrossing enough to keep the reader a willing participant."

"I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as they make their way through a plotline that I hope is engrossing enough to keep the reader a willing participant."

Joan D. Vinge, American Author

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"So, instead, I try to put in light and hope for the best."

"So, instead, I try to put in light and hope for the best."

Ben Linder, American Celebrity

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"If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks."

"If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

Hope, Larks, May

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"The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows."

"The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows."

Donald G. Mitchell, American Essayist

Hope, Memories, Sparrows, World

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"Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all."

"Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Hope, Dying, End, Man

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"This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it."

"This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it."

Robert Mapplethorpe, American Photographer

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"Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out."

"Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out."

Marian McPartland, English Musician

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"To make films is as boring as watching paint dry - you usually have to do little tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back - the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going."

"To make films is as boring as watching paint dry - you usually have to do little tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back - the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going."

Jenny Agutter, English Actress

Hope, Energy, Waiting

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"I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn't have any cellulite then."

"I hope they make a video game of me. At least I wouldn't have any cellulite then."

Scarlett Johansson, American Actress

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"May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world."

"May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world."

Jonathan Carroll, American Author

Hope, Drinks, May, Ocean, World

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"I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along."

"I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

Hope, Being, Englfantasy, Light

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"I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future."

"I hope that seeing the excitement of solving this problem will make young mathematicians realize that there are lots and lots of other problems in mathematics which are going to be just as challenging in the future."

Andrew Wiles, English Mathematician

Hope, Excitement, Future, Mathematicians

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"The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint."

"The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

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"You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly."

"You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly."

Terence, Roman Writer

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"After all, tomorrow is another day."

"After all, tomorrow is another day."

Margaret Mitchell, American Novelist

Hope, Day, Tomorrow

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"I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again."

"I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again."

Lesley Garrett, English Musician

Hope, Spring, Will

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"I hope to always be doing some low budget things."

"I hope to always be doing some low budget things."

Rider Strong, American Actor

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"My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader."

"My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it clear and interesting and compelling to me, then I hope maybe it will be for the reader."

David McCullough, American Historian

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"I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues."

"I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues."

Dennis Moore, American Politician

Hope, Compromise, Meeting

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"The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort."

"The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort."

Donna Leon, American Author

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"Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills."

"Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills."

Tim Reid, American Actor

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"When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement."

"When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement."

Jonathan Kozol, American Writer

Hope, Boston, Freedom, Leaders

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"I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening."

"I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I've found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what's happening."

George Duke, American Musician

Hope, Audiences, Expertise, Want

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"I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ."

"I remember thinking, That's what I need - and that hope was in Jesus Christ."

Willie Aames, American Actor

Hope, Christ, Thinking

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"We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views. Respect for human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be established in the poorest nation in our hemisphere."

"We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views. Respect for human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be established in the poorest nation in our hemisphere."

Eliot Engel, American Politician

Hope, Freedom, Future, Rights

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"There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also."

"There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also."

Melissa Etheridge, American Musician

Hope, Courtesy, Will, Wrong

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"Stars shine brighter in the blackness of darkness. Cheer up no matter your pains."

"Stars shine brighter in the blackness of darkness. Cheer up no matter your pains."

Ikechukwu Joseph, Nigerian Motivational Speaker

Hope, Darkness, Light, Positivity

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"And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara."

"And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara."

Phil Ochs, American Musician

Hope, America, Revolution, Lies

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"Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And there's a lot of information. So information that organizations are spending economic effort into concealing, that's a really good signal that when the information gets out, there's a hope of it doing some good."

"Well, there's a question as to what sort of information is important in the world, what sort of information can achieve reform. And there's a lot of information. So information that organizations are spending economic effort into concealing, that's a really good signal that when the information gets out, there's a hope of it doing some good."

Julian Assange, Australian Activist

Hope, Effort, Information, Question

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"I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere."

"I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere."

Jeremy Piven, American Actor

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"And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally."

"And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally."

Patricia Hewitt, British Politician

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"Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book."

"Mourning Ruby is not a flat landscape: it is more like a box with pictures painted on every face. And each face is also a door which opens, I hope, to take the reader deep into the book."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Hope, Deep, Mourning

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"I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart."

"I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Hope, Laughter, Emotion, Survival

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"Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order."

"Insecurity and resignation mingle with the hope for a better order."

Gustav Heinemann, German Politician

Hope, Insecurity, Order, Resignation

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"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool."

"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."

"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."

Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist

Hope, Illness, Nothing

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"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

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"Keep hope alive!"

"Keep hope alive!"

Jesse Jackson, American Activist

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"You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is."

"You hope for the best, but it's really OK if you don't win. They say it's just nice to be nominated, and it really is."

Tyler Christopher, American Actor

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"Hope is the denial of reality."

"Hope is the denial of reality."

Margaret Weis, American Writer

Hope, Denial, Reality

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