Hope Quotes
“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.”
“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