Explore optimism, resilience, and the belief that better possibilities remain ahead.
"If our dreams can last, then we could turn our time and place to gold."
"We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be, detested in France."
"What is promised to you in dreams is given to you in dreams!"
"The problem now is that we the East Timorese are without means. We are so dependent, we feel very small and fragile. But I have confidence that this will not last too long. We have hopes that after th…"
"It was Lazarus faith, not his poverty, which brought him into Abraham's bosom."
"Unless we have a definite faith in the goal of our existence, and unless we believe, work for, and actually come to experience the goal positively as an existent factor, there is no hope of any plan b…"
"“No dream is ever chased alone."
"Notorious, too, are the dealings of heretics with swarms of magicians and charlatans and astrologers and philosophers — all, of course, devotees of speculation. You can judge the quality of their fait…"
"I often talk to people who say, ‘No, we have to be hopeful and to inspire each other, and we can’t tell too many negative things’ . . . But, no — we have to tell it like it is. Because if there are n…"
"The use of means ought not to lessen our faith in GOD; and our faith in GOD ought not to hinder our using whatever means He has given us for the accomplishment of His own purposes."
"What is needed now is action, not hopelessness"
"Dreams are the touchstones of our characters."
"If ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to any one, whosoever it may be."
"His real dream was to make movies."
"Remarks by Richard Smalley at 2005 Alumni Banquet, Hope College."
"What's the dominant emotion associated with purity? Anger. The most aggressive people are the ones who insist on being utterly pure. It's responsible for countless wars at all levels of society. Far b…"
"It gave people a great leap of hope, made people feel good. This was a world that could get better, a whole lot better. I might say to those who stuck with it in some way or other they will still swea…"
"I have Bright's disease and he has mine."
"Try to stay a man amongst men … There's no other hope for you."
"Everything starts as somebody's daydream."
Authors on hope gaining momentum today
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
George W. Bush
Emil Cioran
Dejan Stojanovic
Samuel Johnson
Martin Luther
James Hudson Taylor
Julian of Norwich
Benjamin Disraeli
Mahatma Gandhi
Alexander Maclaren