Hopeful Future Quotes

• To be hopeful in bad times is based on the fact that human history is not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

  Howard Zinn

  Hope, Kindness, Future

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• As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.

  T. E. Brown

  Patience, Mother, Sweet

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• What unites Oklahomans today is what has always united us: Our unshakable faith. Our love of family and compassion for others. The unlimited promise of a hopeful future.

  Brad Henry

  Family Love, Compassion, Hopeful

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• I'm praying that was my one little dip in the cancer pool. I hope never to have to revisit that, but I learned a lot, I'm cancer free with a bright and hopeful future.

  Julie Gold

  Cancer, Hopeful, Littles

  Interview with Angela Page, www.wjffradio.org. June 24, 2000.

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• The future is an infinite succession of presents.

  Howard Zinn

  Future, Compassion, Infinite

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.208, Beacon Press

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• To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Heart, Mean, Hopeful

  "We could be heroes: an election-year letter" by Rebecca Solnit, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2012.

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• Thus, only in a hopeful and confident temper, in a proud and constructive spirit, will we rescue the present and safeguard the future of our beloved country.

  Bainbridge Colby

  Country, Hopeful, Proud

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• The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

  Howard Zinn

  Hope, Future, Thinking

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.208, Beacon Press

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• When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Hopeful, Negative, Way

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.

  Florence Littauer

  Encouragement, Self Worth, Giving

  Florence Littauer (1989). “Silver Boxes: The Encouragement Gift”, p.61, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally.

  Lady Gaga

  Gay, Government, Hopeful

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• We owe it to our children to give them a dignified and hopeful future.

  Giorgio Napolitano

  Children, Giving, Hopeful

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