Quotes About Hope

A alma chora pelo que não existe.

poema de Chuang-Tzu, escrito séculos antes de Cristo: "Eu sei que não terei sucesso. Tentar forçar os resultados somente aumentaria a confusão. Não será melhor desistir e parar de me esforçar? Mas, se eu não me esforçar, quem o fará?".

Lutam melhor os que têm sonhos belos. Somente aqueles que contemplam a beleza são capazes de endurecer "sem nunca perder a ternura".

Sonhar é uma forma de viver.

Tristeza é parte da vida. Ela é a reação natural da alma diante da perda de algo que se ama. O mundo está luminoso e claro – mas há algo, uma perda, que faz tudo ficar triste.

a dor pode ser tão forte que as pessoas chegam a imaginar que viver com dor tamanha não vale a pena. É melhor morrer. Na morte não se sente dor.

Isso é sonho, que anuncia que é preciso esperar mesmo quando não há esperança. Ou, talvez, um pouco mais: que é preciso viver como se os sonhos impossíveis fossem acontecer...

Cada dia é um peso, é preciso matar o tempo, descobrir um jeito de não pensar, pois o pensamento dói, e vem uma vontade de beber, uma vontade de esquecer, uma vontade de morrer...

To every human being in prison, guilty or innocent, I would say that everything depends upon attitude. The physical body is the vehicle in which we traverse life, but our attitude is our steering wheel. In prison, people find themselves at the bottom of human existence. What a prisoner must say is, OK, whatever I've done in life has led me to where I am today. Therefore, if I want to get out of prison and stay out, I've got to turn around and go back the other way.

I need new prayers, the old ones don't work anymore.

Only in dreams does the happiness of the earth dwell.

Always have the strength to live. Love life, and if despair enters your heart, look for me in the evenings when the wind is gentle and the owls sing in the hills, I shall be with you-

I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat me. And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. --Antonio

It is because good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that, Antonio. The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.

Good is always stronger than evil. Always remember that...The smallest bit of good can stand against the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant.

And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart.

The smallest bit of good can stand against all the powers of evil in the world and it will emerge triumphant. There is no need to fear men like Tenorio.

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.

We have done with Hope and Honor, we are lost to Love and Truth,We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung;And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth.God help us, for we knew the worst too young!

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble

Sometimes, honoring the memory of what we've lost is the only redemption we have.

We can also recite the failures of institutions and systems that are near and dear to us. The good news is that the past can be forgiven.

Not what thou art, nor what thou hast been, beholdeth God with His merciful eyes, but what thou wouldst be.