Quotes About Hope

Hope and wishes for all that delights will sour in the midst of action not taken and words unsaid.

What can possibly be the common factor in a Kim Jee-woon film? I think what really ties a lot of my projects together is that there is always a character that believes his life is not exactly the way he wishes it to be.

When I was a little kid, I used to spend a lot of time thinking about what I'd wish for if a magic fairy gave me three wishes. First, I wanted to be loved. Then, I wanted to be beautiful. And, finally, I'd wish for a million more wishes.

Every mother wishes the best for her children.

I believe that wishes and hopes have a slight negative tinge to them. It is something which postpones what you should get. Prayer is better where you have a direct connection with God and it also has the power to make it happen for you.

The great hope for a quick and sweeping transition to renewable energy is wishful thinking.

Hope is much more than wishful thinking. Hope is a way of moving through the world.

Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.

Where there is life there is wishful thinking.

The church is in the hope business. We, of all people, ought to be known most for our hope because our hope is founded on something deeper than human ability or wishful thinking.

I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking.

Wishing, hoping, and dreaming without an action plan - is nothing more than a pipe dream!

No matter how tough my life was, I was always looking up at the sky and wishing for good things.

This character matters so much to so many people. I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman. Or, God forbid, there's people who are going through hardship and wishing that this character would turn up and save them.

Over the years, I've found myself wishing sometimes my angel would show up. I could use a little uplift, a little reminder.

What it made me realize was that a show like this makes people look inside themselves. Because this crew guy isn't sitting there wishing the character would fight back. He's hoping that he would fight back.

You have to have a plan. This isn't wishing. Instead of always being in a hopeful situation - like, 'I hope one day ...' - let's claim it now.

In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.'

When I was little, the idea of waking up as a girl was like a fairytale. I had this idea that I'd meet a witch who would transform me. From the moment I found out that it was actually possible, I went to bed each night feeling that when it happens, it will be the best day of my life. And it was!

Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as a strength again if there is to be any kind of hope in the world.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.

Near the gates and within two cities there will be scourges the like of which was never seen: famine within plague, people put out by steel, crying to the great immortal God for relief.