It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.
-Robert Brault
Quotations
Hope
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
-Michael Jackson
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
-Barack Obama "Barack Obama"
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
-Benjamin Franklin
Hope is much like a cat in the Dark — you only know it's there by the reflection of its eyes — which means there is Light nearby.
-Terri Guillemets
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.
-Thich Nhat Hanh "Thich Nhat Hanh"
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
-Francis Bacon
Hope is a most beautiful drug.
-Jeremy Mercer
"Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co."
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
-Titus Maccius Plautus
