Hopeful Quotes - Page 24

• Kids everywhere need to feel safe, hopeful, connected and appreciated.

  Michele Borba

  Kids, Needs, Safe

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• Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a relentless, questioning, hopeful people.

  William J. Clinton

  People, Challenges, Relentless

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• Only the strong and the hopeful are able to revolt.

  Mason Cooley

  Strong, Able, Revolution

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• If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should ever need another emblem, one which is friendly and pleasant, then I think they should choose the grapefruit. Or rather the half grapefruit, for this fruit only comes in halves, I believe. Practically speaking, it is always yellow, always just as fresh and well served. And it always comes at the same, still hopeful hour of the morning.

  Johan Huizinga

  Morning, Stars, Believe

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• Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Mean, Aunt

  Charles Dickens (1850). “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, p.160

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• All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let's live with hope.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Jesus, Heart

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.16, Harper Collins

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• Last year, when Zora was a freshman, sophomores had seemed altogether a different kind of human: so very definite in their tastes and opinions, in ther loves and ideas. Zora woke up this morning hopeful that a transformation of this kind might have visited her in the night, but, finding it hadn't, she did what girls generally do when they don't feel the part: she dressed it instead.

  Zadie Smith

  Girl, Morning, Night

  Zadie Smith (2006). “On Beauty”, p.142, Penguin UK

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• They - Young People have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things - and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning - all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything - they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.

  Aristotle

  Love, Hate, Mistake

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• Hate crimes have increased since the election of Donald Trump. So I'm not surprised. I'm hopeful, very vigilant. We're seeing the same thing as what happened in 1933, when a politician stokes fears and grievances to rally them for a nationalist cause. But nationalism to the exclusion of other people is not nationalism, that's xenophobia.

  Christian Picciolini

  Hate, People, Election

  Source: chicagoist.com

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• I'm hopeful because people are ready to step up and educate people, support peaceful protest, and make their voices heard. People are motivated to make a positive difference.

  Christian Picciolini

  People, Support, Peaceful

  Source: chicagoist.com

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• I would say that, from an agricultural perspective, I have a little bit of concern, because some of the folks I don't know are particularly supportive of the renewable fuel industry and the renewable fuel standard, which is a big part of certainly Midwestern agriculture. I'm hopeful that, when we see his ultimate selection for ag secretary, that we will see someone who is a strong advocate for renewable fuels, and what that means to Midwestern producers. And, for that matter, now, all over the country, we're seeing more and more of the biofuels being produced from a variety of sources.

  Tom Vilsack

  Country, Strong, Mean

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• She sits before me, sullen but hopeful, characterless, about to dissolve into tears. I squeeze her hand back, moved, no, touched by her ignorance of evil. She has one more test to pass. Do you own a briefcase?” I ask her, swallowing.

  Bret Easton Ellis

  Ignorance, Hands, Evil

  Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.303, Pan Macmillan

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• Looking to the future, the words uncertain and scared near the top but hopeful and optimistic prevail and beneath the division one sign of civility, 73 percent of Americans have a close friend or family member who voted for an opposing candidate.

  George Stephanopoulos

  Optimistic, Division, Scared

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• His four year contract renewal: As always, I remain hopeful that Don Cherry won't be offered the same length contract.

  Ron MacLean

  Hockey, Years, Four

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• This is a beautiful and hopeful time to be alive. We are at a turning point, and your contribution to the world is needed more than ever. All of your struggles, all the struggles of your ancestors, all the struggles of all life have led to this moment right now. You are the culmination of life's great yearning; you are the hope of the world.

  Ilchi Lee

  Beautiful, Struggle, Alive

  FaceBook post by Ilchi Lee from Jul 13, 2014

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• The struggle is how to write optimistically when the world we're living in is not inherently optimistic. I love the idea of the family from the most Norman Rockwell version to Norman Bates. Without family, we have very little - it is the most basic social structure. So yes I suppose I wanted to write a hopeful book about the evolution of the family.

  A.M. Homes

  Struggle, Book, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Life is sinister. I don't know if I am representing life exactly, but sinister, I think it has to do with dreams. You're dreaming when you're awake: you're sitting on the subway and you look around, and you can think of sinister things that are kind of delightful to think of because they're not really happening, but they are in your mind. They're about wishes, desires - sexy, dangerous, hopeful, the way it could be, maybe.

  Hampton Fancher

  Sexy, Dream, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I've always enjoyed stories that take place in the future but my one disappointment was that the future books described never came. We're not on other planets, there are no flying cars, and the only robots we have in our homes just sweep the floor. So I wanted to write about a future that I thought could really happen. People ask me when I tell them the title of the book, 'Are we all dead?' The good news is, no. We're still here. And I even think the future in my book is strangely hopeful, although I'm sure there will be people who strongly disagree.

  Albert Brooks

  Disappointment, Book, Home

  "Albert Brooks Wrote a Novel About The Future. He’s A Comedian. It’s Kind Of Funny. But Also: Good" by Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2011.

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• I asked the American people do not give in to the fear. Do not give into the frustration. We can disagree about public policy. We can disagree about it vibrantly, passionately, but we are a hopeful people. And we have every right to be hopeful.

  Marco Rubio

  Frustration, People, Giving

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner.

  John F. Kennedy

  Country, War, Pride

  Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a 'Berliner'), delivered 26 June 1963, West Berlin

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• He who does not hope to win has already lost.

  Jose Joaquin de Olmedo

  Hope, Swimming, Winning

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• When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy

  W. Clement Stone

  Gratitude, Grateful, Emotion

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• Once the ISIS threat has been reduced or eliminated, I think we can turn our attention directly to stabilizing the situation in Syria. We're hopeful that we can prevent a continuation of the civil war and that we can bring the parties to the table to begin the process of political discussions.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  War, Party, Thinking

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.

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• There is not a revolution that succeeded in a few months. It takes years, even decades, to fulfill its goals. I am very hopeful because I trust the revolution and feel nobody can really conquer a nation that has decided to be united and to fight, and we decided to fight. The revolution is there, inside the Egyptians by the millions.

  Nawal El Saadawi

  Fighting, Years, Goal

  Interview with Joseph Mayton, progressive.org. December 12, 2011.

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• I think what we're hopeful is through this Syrian process, working with coalition members, working with the U.N., and in particular working through the Geneva process, that we can navigate a political outcome in which the Syrian people, in fact, will determine Bashar al-Assad's fate and his legitimacy.

  Rex W. Tillerson

  Fate, Thinking, People

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. April 9, 2017.

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