The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
-Thomas Hardy
Quotations
Hope
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"
It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.
-Robert Brault
Hope is a most beautiful drug.
-Jeremy Mercer
"Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co."
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
The voting booth joint is a great leveller, the whole neighbourhood – rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky – they all turn out in one day.
-David Byrne "David Byrne"
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
-Bernard Branson
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope.
-Maya Angelou
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
-Francis Bacon
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
-Matthew Prior
