Hope Quotes - Page 31

• A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

  Richard Watson Gilder

  Courage, Heart, Men

  Richard Watson Gilder (1885). “Lyrics”

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• All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear; how much more we are helped on by hope in the eternal life.

  Martin Luther

  Life, Spring, Ears

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• If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

  Carl Jung

  Love, Respect, Learning

  Carl Gustav Jung, Herbert Read, Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler (1966). “The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Two essays on analytical psychology”

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• We are born with two incurable diseases, life, from which we die, and hope, which says maybe death isn't the end.

  Andrew Greeley

  Life, Death, Two

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• No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  Memorable, Justice

  "Settle the Question Right" l. 7 (1888)

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• All too often people come to meditation in the hope of extraordinary results, like visions, lights, or some supernatural miracle. When no such thing occurs, they feel extremely disappointed. But the real miracle of meditation is more ordinary and much more useful. . . .

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Real, Light, People

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• I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

  Anne Frank

  Encouraging, Sky, Suffering

  Anne Frank (1995). “Anne Frank”, Bantam Books

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• I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings-now-here, accept the challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and don't be envious of others. God help us to be grateful.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Grateful, Blessing, Envy

  Ezra Taft Benson (1988). “The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson”, Bookcraft Pubs

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• It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.

  Amy Poehler

  Inspiring, Dream, Ideas

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• We often call a certainty a hope, to bring it luck.

  Elizabeth Bibesco

  Luck, Certainty

  Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”

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• When hope is taken away from a people, moral degeneration follows swiftly thereafter.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Taken, People, Moral

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• Hope is slowly extinguished and quickly revived.

  Sophia Lee

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• To hope for Paradise is to live in Paradise, a very different thing from actually getting there.

  Vita Sackville-West

  Different, Paradise, Different Things

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• Hope is a very unruly emotion.

  Gloria Steinem

  Inspirational, Badass, Women

  Gloria Steinem (2012). “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions”, p.182, Open Road Media

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• Every life has a death, and every light a shadow. Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.

  Mary Stewart

  Fall, Light, Shadow

  Mary Stewart (1978). “Hollow Hills”, Fawcett

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• It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.

  Charles the Bold

  Inspirational, Order, Understanding

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• Here may I live what life I please, Married and buried out of sight, - Married to pleasure and buried to pain, - Hidden away amongst scenes like these, Under the fans of the chestnut trees; Living my child-life over again, With the further hope of a fallen delight, Blithe as the birds and wise as the bees.

  Violet Fane

  Life, Wise, Children

  Violet Fane (1880). “Collected Verses”

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• Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Pain, Men

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2013). “Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)”, p.233, Delphi Classics

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• Four be the things I am wiser to know:
  Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
  Four be the things I'd been better without:
  Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
  Three be the things I shall never attain:
  Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
  Three be the things I shall have till I die:
  Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

  Dorothy Parker

  Laughter, Eye, Envy

  Dorothy Parker (1992). “The Sayings of Dorothy Parker”, Duckbacks

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• When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Spring, War, Fighting

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• The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Optimism, Architect, Needed

  Henry Ward Beecher (1893). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons from the Stenographic Reports by T.J. Ellinwood. September 1868 to September 1873”

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• We in this House are role models. People all over the world watch us and study us. When we fall short, they lose hope. When we fail, they despair.

  Newt Gingrich

  Failure, Fall, People

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

  James Neil Hollingworth

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Encouragement, Anchors, Storm

  Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Hope Again: When Life Hurts and Dreams Fade”, p.2, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If we mistake God's silence for indifference, we are the most miserable of people. If we give up when we no longer understand, we reject His caring, steadfast love and cut ourselves off from our only real hope.

  Sheila Walsh

  Encouragement, Giving Up, Real

  Sheila Walsh (1999). “Life is Tough, But God is Faithful: How to See God's Love in Difficult Times”, p.1938, Thomas Nelson Inc

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