Hope

"When people talk of the Freedom of Writing, Speaking, or thinking, I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more."

"Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate."

"Senza speme vivemo in desio."

"If thy hope be any thing worth, it will purify thee from thy sins."

"For a moment hope, bright and cruel as a knife, presented itself to me. It took every ounce of strength I had to turn away."

"This is what hope does to you when you’re not used to it. It is very like being drunk. You don’t realize how badly you’re impaired until you see the results of your spree."

"Hope is the dream of a waking man."

"Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too: Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul."

"Our greatest good, and what we least can spare, Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear."

"I’ve always said there’s no hope without endeavor. Hope has no meaning unless we are prepared to work to realize our hopes and dreams but in order to that we do need to have friends. We need those who believe in us. Friends are those who believe in us and who want to help us whatever it is that we are trying to achieve."

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."

"Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm."

"It is to hope, though hope were lost."

"For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams."

"HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one."

"Hope! thou nurse of young desire."

"Nature has fixed no limits on our hopes."

"I live in hope and that I think do all Who come into this world."

"Love, hope, fear, faith — these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

"That was all a man needed: hope. It was a lack of hope that discouraged a man."

"Everything passes away — suffering, pain, blood, hunger, pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will still remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes towards the stars? Why?"

"The heart bowed down by weight of woe To weakest hope will cling."

"Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing."

"Hope, withering, fled—and Mercy sighed farewell."

"Farewell! For in that word that fatal word,—howe'er We promise, hope, believe,—there breathes despair."

"But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence. The least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of."

"Daughter of Faith, awake, arise, illume The dread unknown, the chaos of the tomb."

"Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe."

"Cease, every joy, to glimmer in my mind, But leave,—oh! leave the light of Hope behind!"

"There's a hope that's waiting for you, in the dark."

"Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian."

"Hasta la muerte todo es vida."

"I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me, If my bark sinks, 'tis to another sea."

"This is President Anton Chekov of the United Federation of Planets, broadcasting on all emergency channels. Do not approach Earth. A signal of unknown origin has turned our young against us. They have been assimilated by the Borg. Our fleet has been compromised, and as we speak, our planetary defenses are falling. Sol Station is defending Earth as best it can, but we're almost out of time. We have not been able to find a way to stop this Borg signal, and unassimilate our young. But I know, if my father were here, he'd remind us all that "hope is never lost. There are always possibilities." Until then, I implore you: save yourselves. Farewell."

"Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise."

"Aegroto dum anima est, spes esse dicitur."

"Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes."

"As the days of spring arouse all nature to a green and growing vitality, so when hope enters the soul it makes all things new. It insures the progress which it predicts. Rooted in faith, growing up into love; these make the three immortal graces of the Gospel, whose intertwined arms and concurrent voices shed joy and peace over our human life."

"Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live."

"And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair."

"But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!"

"Hope! of all ills that men endure, The only cheap and universal cure."

"When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. When we have done it, however blindly, perhaps Heaven will show us why."

"Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies."

"“As time progresses,” Lump stated, “people learn. That’s the only hope.”"

""Hope" is the thing with feathers — That perches in the soul — And sings the tune without the words — And never stops — at all — And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard — And sore must be the storm — That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm —"

"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."

"Until the day when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, Wait and hope."

"Hope is many things, but it throws itself against fact and shatters."

"When we open up about our emotional challenges, admitting we are not perfect, we give others permission to share their struggles. Together we realize there is hope and we do not have to suffer alone."