quotations about 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.
VACLAV HAVEL
Disturbing the Peace
Fraudulent hope is one of the greatest malefactors, even enervators, of the human race, concretely genuine hope its most dedicated benefactor.
ERNST BLOCH
The Principle of Hope
Thou beautiful unknown! Hope gilds thy couch
With bright enchanting hues, and gleaming crown,
As if man sees in thee a proper child,
And wraps thee lovingly, with tender care,
Watching thy young existence with delight,
And, with exceeding joy, and warm caress,
Offers thee early worship, praise, and pray'r.
C. B. LANGSTON
"The New Year's Wreath"
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.
ORISON SWETT MARDEN
He Can Who Thinks He Can
Hope is an explorer who surveys the country ahead. That is why we know so much about the Hereafter and so little about the Heretofore.
AMBROSE BIERCE
"Epigrams of a Cynic"
While there is life there is hope--and while there is hope there is life.
E. E. HOLMES
Joyful Through Hope
No joy for which thy hungering heart has panted,
No hope it cherishes through waiting years,
But if thou dost deserve it, shall be granted
For with each passionate wish the blessing nears.
Tune up the fine, strong instrument of thy being
To chord with thy dear hope, and do not tire.
When both in key and rhythm are agreeing,
Lo! thou shalt kiss the lips of thy desire.
The thing thou cravest so waits in the distance,
Wrapt in the silences, unseen and dumb:
Essential to thy soul and thy existence--
Live worthy of it--call, and it shall come.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
"Desire"
When you are well and truly screwed, either you just sit pissing yourself or you invent some reason to hope.
JAMES ALAN GARDNER
Ascending
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Spectator, Nov. 13, 1712
Hope and milk sour by standing.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.
CHAMFORT
The Cynic's Breviary
Hope just means another world might be possible, not promised, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.
REBECCA SOLNIT
Hope in the Dark
God puts the excess of hope in one man, in order that it may be a medicine to the man who is despondent.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit
The life of hope, then, is shot through with social influences at every level. We learn to formulate ideals in tandem with others. We pursue particular hopes, sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing, in the company of those we love. And as we develop habits of hope and the hopefulness which helps us weather our trials, we reach out to others, inspiring them, sharing our own hopes with them, and contributing our abilities as best we can to foster the growth of agency.
PATRICK SHADE
Habits of Hope