Quotes About Hope

Even a ship can become a prison if all you see around you are bars.

Dream Big and pursue your passion.

It is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come

I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.

The world since Adam has been white—and corrupt. The world of tomorrow will be black—and righteous. In the white world there has been nothing but slavery, suffering, death and colonialism. In the black world of tomorrow, there will be true freedom, justice and equality for all. And that day is coming—sooner than you think.

But it is only after the deepest darkness that the greatest joy can come; it is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come. [...] each day I live as if I am already dead.

I dream that one day, history will look upon me as having been one of the voices that helped to save America from a grave, even possibly fatal catastrophe.

ancient Celtic belief that when a child dies at birth, an angel throws a daisy down upon the earth to console the bereft parents.

The world may be ending, but all I could see was beginnings.

all the hours you grope along the night trail, all the way down to the valley so low, till you bless God for the little crumb of light that means a human home, and you ache and pray to get to that home, be it ever so humble, so you'll be safe in the light.

Todos los derechos son importantes, pero, si nos amputasen el derecho a soñar, perderíamos todo el resto.

Algunas mañanas me despertaba y el dolor era tan enorme que quería terminar con todo, pero entonces pensaba: «No, Ted, hoy no te puedes suicidar. Estás a mitad de un libro estupendo».

We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do not see the positive results of our efforts... We can never be too generous or too kind.

Surely it is our animal nature that recognizes the divinity of the natural world in all its mystery and beauty, despite the distressing habits and limited perception that afflict our species. So perhaps our hope of redemption lies in the fact that we are animals, not that we are people. -Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Certain Poor Shepherds

In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love.

Même si aujourd'hui je vis sans elle, je ne suis plus jamais seul, puisqu'elle existe quelque part. (Even if I do't have her now, I'll never be alone again, because she exists somewhere)

Not the "not" but the "not yet.

Dig deep; the water- goodness- is down there. And as long as you keep digging, it will keep bubbling up

Wait for it patiently—annihilation or metamorphosis.

Write off your hopes, and if your well-being matters to you, be your own savior while you can.

Whom a man might compare to one of those half-eaten wretches, matched in the amphitheatre with wild beasts; who as full as they are all the body over with wounds and blood, desire for a great favour, that they may be reserved till the next day

always to hope the best; and to be confident that my friends love me.

As they that long after figs in winter when they cannot be had; so are they that long after children, before they be granted them.

XXIX. As they that long after figs in winter when they cannot be had; so are they that long after children, before they be granted them. XXX.