939 private quotes tagged hope

“What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?” — Immanuel Kant

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“Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.” — Stephen Jay Gould

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“I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.” — Madeleine Albright

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“A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm.” — Stanislav Grof

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“I don't feel a lack of hope. It's just disappointment that after all these years we're still fighting meaningless wars for a handful of people.” — Geezer Butler

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“I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.” — Shania Twain

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“I hope SeaWorld is exploring how, like Ringling, it can get out of the wild animal business.” — Ingrid Newkirk

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“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.” — Sonia Sotomayor

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“I can only hope to be 10 percent of the mom mine was to me. She encouraged me to be confident and enjoy life. That's what I want for my son.” — Charlize Theron

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“It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach

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“I hope to die in the saddle seat.” — Albert Ellis

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“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.” — Richard M. DeVos

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“Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings.” — Elie Wiesel

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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.” — Doug Coupland

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“I hope that you will learn to take responsibility for your decisions. don't take counsel of your fears.” — Thomas S. Monson

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“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” — Vaclav Havel

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“All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.” — Magic Johnson

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“One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.” — George Allen, Sr.

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“When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.” — Judith Viorst

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“See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.” — Charles Barkley

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“When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.” — John Dryden

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“My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.” — Roseanne Barr

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“I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.” — Margaret Atwood

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“You know, this is a war of ideology, a war of thoughts and of faith. And we need people to really stand for faith and trust, not hope and change.” — Sharron Angle

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