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Quotes About Hope

But what, after all, can a baby do except swallow all of it and hope to make sense of it later?
~ Salman Rushdie
He listened unhappily until at length the blind man asked the thin air a question: 'I hope, perhaps, you may also remember me? A little? On occasion?' Then came a silence; a dry laugh; the sound of a man sitting down, heavily, all of a sudden.
~ Salman Rushdie
I have lived twice as long as I should have," the oldest one said, his voice crackling like an old radio because decades were rubbing up against each other around his vocal chords, "and I've never seen so many people so cheerful in such a bad time. It is the Devil's work.
~ Salman Rushdie
Everything we want to accomplish—to paint the house, learn a new language, find a better job—is something that promises that, if done, it would allow us to finally relax and enjoy our lives in the present. Generally speaking, this is a false hope.
~ Sam Harris
Religion is nothing more than bad concepts held in place of good ones for all time. It is denial - at once full of hope and full of fear - of the vastitude of human ignorance.
~ Sam Harris
Faith is little more than the shadow cast by our hope for a better life.
~ Sam Harris
We set the table, but no one ate.
~ Johnny Oates
Hopefully, with some years of practice and just getting to that state, I'll try extreme sports again.
~ Taraka Larson
I look forward to another good year next year. It would be nice to win, too.
~ Greg Maddux
I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.
~ Bobby Bowden
Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.
~ Nelson Mandela
Miracles are great, but they're so damn unpredictable.
~ Peter Drucker
When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
~ Yannick Noah
Gloom and despondency have never defeated adversity. Trying times need courage and resilience. Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times.
~ Thabo Mbeki
Our body is not made of iron. Our strength is not that of stone. Live and hope in the Lord, and let your service be according to reason.
~ Clare of Assisi
Real true faith is man's weakness leaning on God's strength.
~ Dwight L. Moody
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
~ John Calvin
In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.
~ Howard Thurman
I know you feel worn and tired. I know you're tired of failing. Rest, but don't stop. You can do this. You got this. Not because you're strong, but because He's your strength.
~ Yasmin Mogahed
Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone.
~ Pope Francis
Though we tremble before uncertain futures may we meet illness, death and adversity with strength may we dance in the face of our fears.
~ Gloria E. Anzaldúa
God will give you strength when you think you can't go on. He will give you joy when you should be discouraged. He can make a way when it looks impossible.
~ Joel Osteen
Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
~ Anais Nin
When you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.
~ Lee Ann Womack