I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment. Paul Tillich on hope
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. Joseph Addison on hope
The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless. Anne Lamott on hope
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. Baltasar Gracian on hope
I hope to die in the saddle seat. Albert Ellis on hope
I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure. George W. Bush on hope
What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope? Immanuel Kant on hope
The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. Simone Weil on hope
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. Claude Debussy on hope
If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world. David Brainerd on hope
I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big. Lady Gaga on hope
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. Oscar Hammerstein II on hope
Hope is the denial of reality. Margaret Weis on hope
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for. Washington Irving on hope
Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow. Susanna Moodie on hope
I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope. Jerry Lewis on hope
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 on hope
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 on hope
The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle. Stanley Kubrick on hope
It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. Eric Hoffer on hope