Hope Quotes - Page 32

• He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem.

  John Milton

  Writing, Frustration, Poetry

  'An Apology for Smectymnuus' (1642) introduction, p. 16

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• Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

  Vincent McNabb

  Spiritual, Giving, Grace

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• Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Past, Ideas, May

  "Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books)". Book by Gaston Bachelard edited by Suzanne Bachelard, 1988.

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• Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.

  Ouida

  Heart, Men, Beast

  Ouida (1889). “A village commune. Idalia. Silver chimes and golden fetters. "Deadly dash"”

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• Yet I argue not Against Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.

  John Milton

  Heart, Hands, Bears

  John Milton (1752). “Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton”, p.534

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• I want to do the right thing, but often I don't know just what the right thing is. Every day I know I have come short of what I would like to have done. Yet as the years pass and I see the very world itself, with its oceans and mountains and plains, as something unfinished, a peculiar little satisfaction hunts out the corners of my heart. Sunsets and evening shadows find me regretful at task's undone, but sleep and the dawn and the air of the morning touch me with freshening hopes. Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don't worry about my destiny.

  Carl Sandburg

  Morning, Ocean, Sunset

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• Learn to shake yourself loose from what the world believes is the only reality.

  Neville Goddard

  Truth, Believe, Reality

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• Paul Erdos has a theory that God has a book containing all the theorems of mathematics with their absolutely most beautiful proofs, and when he wants to express particular appreciation of a proof he exclaims, "This is from the book!"

  Ross Honsberger

  Beautiful, God, Faith

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• Embracing your new kind of normal is the most empowering choice you will ever make. It transcends common sense. It is resistant to old patterns. It is sticky, uncomfortable, agitating, and difficult. But it is liberating and life giving and spirit enriching. It changes your life and the lives of everyone who joins you on your journey. And then, quite unexpectedly, you realize you are splashing hope into the lives of others because you have an intimate love relationship with the Source of hope.

  Carol Kent

  Encouragement, Journey, Common Sense

  Carol Kent (2007). “A New Kind of Normal: Hope-Filled Choices When Life Turns Upside Down”, p.219, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.

  Douglas Coupland

  Writing, Mean, Musician

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• I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement, making political pursuits yield to the more rational amusement of cultivating the earth.

  George Washington

  Peace, Retirement, Yield

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1796). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”

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• Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.

  Naomi Klein

  Fear, Hate, Vacuums

  "From pots to politics" by Naomi Klein, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2003.

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• And when the sun rises we are afraid it might not remain when the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning when our stomachs are full we are afraid of indigestion when our stomachs are empty we are afraid we may never eat again when we are loved we are afraid love will vanish when we are alone we are afraid love will never return and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive

  Audre Lorde

  Morning, Fear, Our Words

  Audre Lorde (1995). “The Black Unicorn: Poems”, p.25, W. W. Norton & Company

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• I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Fear, Leaving, Bark

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.287, Algora Publishing

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• The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

  Walter Scott

  Morning, Fear, Love Is

  Sir Walter Scott (1838). “Poetical works”, p.79

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• Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own land and beyond. Where others seek to throw up barriers, we seek to bring them down; where others take counsel of their fears, we follow our hopes.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Fear, Opportunity

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1988). “Presidential address: State of the Union, Monday, January 25, 1988”

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• The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.

  Norman Cousins

  Facts, Significant, Capacity

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• Faith means believing the unbelievable.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Believe, Mean, Unbelievable

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• We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Have Faith, Logical, Bleak

  "Cousteau country: scuba diving in Papua New Guinea" by Kevin Rushby, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2017.

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• Dreams are more powerful than facts.

  Robert Fulghum

  Dream, Powerful, Laughter

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It”, p.8, Ivy Books

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• No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

  Hal Borland

  Inspirational, Change, Meaningful

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• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook - a Treasury of the Wisdom of the Ages". Book edited by Dorothy Carnegie, 1983.

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• To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

  Tony Dorsett

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Tony Dorsett, Harvey Frommer (1989). “Running tough: memoirs of a football maverick”, Doubleday Books

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• Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Strength, Peace, Freedom

  Speech in House of Representatives, 12 Jan. 1848

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• We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Graduation, New Year

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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