Quotes About Hope

According to the Dalai Lama, the only hope for peace and prosperity lies in the hands of women in the West.

Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

However old one is, we need a

Creo que ha decidido morirse, y la ciencia no tiene remedio alguno contra ese mal

Un día más de espera, uno menos de esperanza. Un día más de silencio, uno menos de vida. La muerte anda suelta por los pasillos y mi tarea es distraerla para que no encuentre tu puerta.

Se protegió del sadismo y la estupidez de sus captores encerrándose en sus recuerdos, con la certeza de que Roser lo andaba buscando y un día lo encontraría, y en el silencio.

In the midst of winter, I finally found there was within me an invincible summer.' Ã¢â'¬Â "Did you just think of that?" "No. It's by Albert Camus.

If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.

He vivido en un mar tormentoso, con olas que me elevan y luego me precipitan al vacío. Tan fuerte ha sido ese oleaje que antes, cuando todo iba bien, en vez de relajarme en la paz del momento, me preparaba para la caída violenta, que creía inevitable. Ya no es así. Ahora navego a la deriva, día a día, contenta con el solo hecho de flotar mientras se pueda.

I find it hard to stay positive in this rubbish world.

If you're alive, then there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.

This isn't your fault, you know. It really isn't. You'll get though this. (page 151)

We all knew that we could grieve only for a short while in order to continue staying alive.

That morning we thanked the men who had helped bury Saidu. You will always know where he is laid, one of the men said. I nodded in agreement, but I know that the chances of coming back to the village were slim, as we had no control over our future. We know only how to survive.

I will not be alive to see the end of this war. So, to save a place in your memories for other things, I won't tell you my name. If you survive this war, just remember me as the old man you met. You boys should be on your way.

When I was very little, my father used to say, "If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good left in the destiny of a person, he or she will die.

Most of the staff members were like that; they returned smiling after we hurt them. It was as if they had made a pact not to give up on us.

I was so happy that my mother, father, and two brothers had somehow found one another. Perhaps my mother and father have gotten back together, I thought.

One man carried his dead son. He thought the boy was still alive. The father was covered with his son's blood, and as he ran he kept saying, I will get you to the hospital, my boy, everything will be fine. Perhaps it was necessary that he cling to false hopes, since they kept him running from harm.

Even in the middle of the madness there remained that true and natural beauty, and it took my mind away from my current situation as I marveled at this sight.

Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just hold on a little more

It was a night filled with dreams of what was to come. Dreams were still possible here even though the paths to attain them weren't necessarily the best ones. But who can ever know what path to walk on when all of them are either crooked or broken? One just has to walk.

I believe children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.