in Quotes & Aphorisms (Hope)
A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.
from the book "Sweet Thursday" by John Steinbeck
A little hope, even hopeless hope, never hurt anybody.
For all that we cherish and justly desire, for ourselves or for our children, the securing of peace is the first requisite.
Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.
Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
Hope, in its stronger forms, is a great deal more powerful stimulans to life than any sort of realized joy can ever be. Man must be sustained in suffering by a hope so high that no conflict with actuality can dash it, so high, indeed, that no fulfilment can satisfy it: a hope reaching out beyond this world.
The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any realized joy could be.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already. We have the power to imagine better.
In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man's torments.
I haven't got it yet, but I'm hunting it and fighting for it, I want something serious, something fresh, something with soul in it! Onward, onward.