Hope Quotes
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"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present."
"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one."
"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."
"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."
"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all."
"If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is."
"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."
"There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for."
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
"Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect."
"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."
"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him."
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy."
"HopeSmiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'..."
"Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of."
"In a time of destruction, create something."
"Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart."
"Strange as it may seem, I still hope for the best, even though the best, like an interesting piece of mail, so rarely arrives, and even when it does it can be lost so easily."
"This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today."
"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming."
"Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic."
"I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains."
"There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.'No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster."
"The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope."
"There is a crack in everything.That's how the light gets in."
"When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me."
"Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you'll land among the stars"
"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."
"If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person."
"For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers."
"The first duty of a man is to think for himself"
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
"Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other"
"Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens"
"Books are finite, sexual encounters are finite, but the desire to read and to fuck is infinite; it surpasses our own deaths, our fears, our hopes for peace."
"We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss."
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on"
"I cut an inch off of every straw I see, just to make the world suck a little less."
"I mean, at the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who I end up with if it can't be you?"
"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."
"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe."
"How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?"
"Inventory:"Four be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye."
"It's the children the world almost breaks who grow up to save it."
"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope."
"The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man"
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