“Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”

“The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue.”

“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.”

“Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.”

“I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.”

“Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but to maintain the confidence of the people of the world in the hope of an enduring peace.”

“He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.”

“I've had some incredible moments in my life - thus far. I hope a lot more are coming.”

“The only thing I hope I did was never put in question my love for the game, or my passion to be counted on when it mattered most.”