Hope Quotes - Page 29

• There is that within a man that drives him ever onwards, just as the power of the seasons drives the roots of flowers into the hard earth; and so he decided, against his better judgment, to open his eyes and find out what was going to happen to him next.

  Tom Holt

  Flower, Ambition, Eye

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• He has been positively growing tusks trying to create a breed of human insect which will continue to live on this accursed planet. Everyone needs a goal.

  Steve Aylett

  Ambition, Goal, Trying

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• We must stitch up what has been torn apart, render justice imaginable in the world which is so obviously unjust, make happiness meaningful for nations poisoned by the misery of this century. Naturally, it is a superhuman task. But tasks are called superhuman when men take a long time to complete them, that is all.

  Albert Camus

  Meaningful, Men, Justice

  Albert Camus (1967). “Lyrical and critical”, Hamish Hamilton Ltd

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• It is never too late to begin rebuilding, Though all into ruins your life seems hurled; For see! how the light of the New Year is gilding The wan, worn face of the bruised old world.

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

  New Year, Light, Years

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2016). “Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)”, p.555, Delphi Classics

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• Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.

  Matt Prior

  Inspirational, Dream

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• Hope is a bad thing. It means that you are not what you want to be. It means that part of you is dead, if not all of you. It means that you entertain illusions. It's a sort of spiritual clap, I should say.

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Mean

  Henry Miller (1961). “The Cosmological Eye”, p.3, New Directions Publishing

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• It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.

  Samuel Butler

  Fate, Men, Imagination

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• Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.

  Sydney Smith

  Strong, Joy, Belief

  Sydney Smith, Sarah Austin, Lady Saba Smith Holland Holland (1855). “A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith”, p.138, London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans

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• If you've only one breath left, use it to say thank you.

  Pam Brown

  Wisdom, Integrity, Use

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• Such partings break the heart they fondly hope to heal.

  Lord Byron

  Heart, Break, Heal

  Lord Byron (2015). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.7, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• God hasn't given up on you. He can still do great things for you, in you, and through you. God is ready and waiting and able. What about you, and me?

  Peter Marshall

  Waiting, Able, Given

  Dr. Peter Marshall (2016). “Mr. Jones, Meet the Master: Sermons And Prayers Of Peter Marshall”, p.49, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell.

  Lord Byron

  Heaven, Earth, Merit

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.18, Cambridge University Press

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• Scion of chiefs and monarchs, where art thou? Fond hope of many nations, art thou dead? Could not the grave forget thee, and lay low Some less majestic, less beloved head?

  Lord Byron

  Art, Majestic, Beloved

  Lord Byron, Lord George Gordon Byron (2013). “Childe Harold's Pilgrimage”, p.184, Cambridge University Press

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• Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.

  Voltaire

  Virtue, Should, Threatened

  Voltaire (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary”, p.318

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• Just as dumb creatures are snared by food, human beings would not be caught unless they had a nibble of hope.

  Petronius

  Dumb, Caught, Humans

  Petronius (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Petronius (Illustrated)”, p.779, Delphi Classics

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• Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ.

  Edward Young

  Two, Miracle, Lines

  Edward Young (1852). “The Poetical Works”, p.48

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• Hope for the best is what we do, right from the moment we're born.

  Michael Moore

  Moments, Born, Hoping For The Best

  "Sicko". Documentary, Drama, www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• A boy is a magical creature you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up he is your captor, your jailer, your boss and your master a freckled-faced, pint-sized, cat-chasing bundle of noise. But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words Hi, Dad!

  Alan Beck

  Dream, Art, Dad

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• The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.

  Leston Havens

  Normal, Compromise, Surrender

  Leston Havens (1996). “A Safe Place”, p.86, Harvard University Press

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• Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfullfilled potential.

  Pope John XXIII

  Frustration, Thinking, Vatican Ii

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• All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.

  Aaliyah

  Hands, Fans, Feels

  "Remembering Aaliyah Ten Years Later: The Final Mtv Interview". Mtv Interview, www.mtv.com. August 25, 2011.

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• I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

  Diane Ackerman

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

  Scott Adams

  Happiness, Success, Cheer

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• I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

  Madeleine Albright

  Country, People, Generosity

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• If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Young, Wells, Superpower

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