Hope Quotes
“There is no word for feeling nostalgic about the future, but that's what a parent's tears often are, a nostalgia for something that has not yet occurred. They are the pain of hope, the helplessness of hope, and finally, the surrender to hope.”
“In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.”
-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.”
-- Harry Nilsson
“Today, one year after their divorce, Pamela and Tommy Lee announced they're getting back together. You know what that means? There's still hope for Ike and Tina Turner.”
-- Jay Leno
“Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope.”
-- Reinhold Niebuhr