And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. Kahlil Gibran
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tunes without the words and never stops at all. Emily Dickinson
Hope springs eternal in the human breast. Alexander Pope
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, / and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that/ which has been your delight. Kahlil Gibran
The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness of our life is gone. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. ~Titus Maccius Plautus
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. ~Vincent McNabb
In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man's torments. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1878
When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope. ~Edgar Howe
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. ~Samuel Johnson
Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all. ~Emily Dickinson
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. ~Anne Lamott
The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope.
~William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ~Marian Zimmer Bradley
You've gotta have hope. Without hope life is meaningless. Without hope life is meaning less and less. ~Author Unknown
Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Lord save us all from... a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. ~Mark Twain
Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. ~George Iles
When hope is hungry, everything feeds it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier. ~Author Unknown
If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so. ~Eric Bentley
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. ~Thomas Hardy
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. ~Norman Cousins
Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. ~Don Quixote
It's all one thing - both tend into one scope -
To live upon Tobacco and on Hope,
The one's but smoke, the other is but wind.
~Sir Robert Aytoun of Kincaldie, "Sonnet on Tobacco"
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable. ~Samuel Johnson
Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
Hope deceives more men than cunning does. ~Vauvenargues, Reflections and Maxims, 1746
Take hope from the heart of man and you make him a beast of prey. ~Ouida
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. ~Eric Hoffer
To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death. ~Pearl S. Buck
Hope is but the dream of those who wake. ~Matthew Prior
Hope is grief's best music. ~Author Unknown
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope. ~Baruch Spinoza
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. ~Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you're slamming the door in the face of God. ~Charles L. Allen
Hope never abandons you, you abandon it. ~George Weinberg
Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope. ~Author Unknown
Hope is patience with the lamp lit. ~Tertullian
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. ~Lin Yutang
Hope is the poor man's bread. ~Gary Herbert
Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. ~Victor Hugo
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. Mother Teresa
We judge a man's wisdom by his hope. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We must have hope or starve to death. Pearl S. Buck
We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. John F. Kennedy
We'd never know how high we are till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the sky. Emily Dickinson
Were it not for hope the heart would break. Scottish Proverb
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Charles A Beard
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. Helen Keller
Joy is not in things; it is in us. Richard Wagner
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do. Helen Keller
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. Unknown Author
Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation. John F. Kennedy
Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change. Bertrand Russell
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
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory. Norman Vincent Peale
A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. Napoleon I
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. Norman Vincent Peale
Entertain great hopes. Robert Frost
