Hope Quotes - Page 16

• Whether or not we have hope depends on two dimensions of our explanatory style; pervasiveness and permanence.

  Martin Seligman

  Two, Style, Dimensions

  Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.89, Vintage

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• Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.

  Walter Darby Bannard

  Art, Trying, Justify

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• Hope is the second soul of the unhappy.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Soul, Unhappy

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.3536, Delphi Classics

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• As I breathe, I hope.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Breathe

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• Those who hope for purity and righteousness always try and destroy that which disturbs them. They think the disturbance comes from outside themselves. This is a serious problem. Wars, suicide bombings, and all sorts of other nasty things start from the premise that we can destroy 'evil' outside ourselves without dealing with the evil within.

  Brad Warner

  Suicide, War, Thinking

  Brad Warner (2010). “Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip Through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma”, p.89, New World Library

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• The presence of the Holy Spirit isthe keystone of all our hopes.

  John Nelson Darby

  Inspirational, God, Faith

  "Collected Writings by John Nelson Darby Volume One: Ecclesiastical".

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• Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.

  Isidore of Seville

  Faith, Christian, Religious

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• If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I would not lose hope of mercy, because I would trust in you, my God.

  Gemma Galgani

  Trust, God, Despair

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• Before you give up hope, turn back and read the attacks that were made on Lincoln.

  Bruce Barton

  Giving Up, Made, Turns

  Bruce Barton (1920). “It's a Good Old World: Being a Collection of Little Essays on Various Subjects of Human Interest”

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• Great hopes make great men.

  Thomas Fuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Men

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• Pray, and let God worry.

  Martin Luther

  Trust, Encouraging, Prayer

  Martin Luther, Jaroslav Pelikan (1975). “Letters”

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• Hope is born of participation in hopeful solutions.

  Marianne Williamson

  Born, Participation, Problems And Solutions

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Sep 10, 2013

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  Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• We look at the world through our likes and dislikes, hopes and fears, opinions and judgments. We want everyone to behave as we think they should; otherwise we get agitated. But we are here to accept the world as it is, even as we work to make it better.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Change, Fear, Attitude

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• Hoping drains your energy. Action creates energy.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Procrastination, Creating

  Twitter post from Feb 16, 2017

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• The truth is that things matter. They have to, they are what we live with and touch each and every day. They represent what we've seen, who we've loved and where we hope to go next. They remind us of the good times and the rough patches and everything in between that's made us who we are.

  Nate Berkus

  Love, Life, Meaningful

  Nate Berkus (2012). “The Things That Matter”, p.10, Spiegel & Grau

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• The one experience that I hope every student has at some point in their lives is to have some belief you profoundly, deeply hold, proved to be wrong because that is the most eye-opening experience you can have, and as a scientist, to me, is the most exciting experience I can ever have.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Faith, Eye, Science

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• If the Marines are abolished half the efficiency of the Navy will be destroyed. They are as necessary to the well being of a ship as the officers. Instead of decreasing the Corps, I would rather hope to see a large increase, for we feel the want of Marines very much.

  David Dixon Porter

  Military, Marine, Army

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• I think we seek out people who we hope will fix what our childhood broke.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Life, Relationship, Children

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• The Peace Corps represents some, if not all, of the best virtues in this society. It stands for everything that America has ever stood for. It stands for everything we believe in and hope to achieve in the world.

  Sargent Shriver

  Believe, America, Achievement

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• The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become.

  Alphonse Mucha

  Bridges, Creating, Understanding

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• If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, God, Optimistic

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• I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wise, Wisdom, Religious

  "'Nahj al-Balagha' ('The Peak of Eloquence')". Book by Ali, translated by Askari Jafri,

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• No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Attitude, Believe

  "How to Be Rich".

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• In all cultures, the midwife's place is on the threshold of life, where intense human emotions, fear, hope, longing, triumph, and incredible physical power-enable a new human being to emerge. Her vocation is unique.

  Sheila Kitzinger

  Life, Fear, Power

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