Quotes About Hope

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

Like, really like you. And i want that kiss to have been the start of something. Not the end.

Whenever people open their hearts to God in some way, the Lord wants to do something good. Even if it just got scheduled randomly for that day, I'm sure [Pope Francis] sees significance in that.

Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.

What kind of America do people want to leave for their children? What horrors are down the road, stuff that was unthinkable 30 years ago?

As long as God lets me live, I want to do things that make a difference in the world besides play music.

I'd really like to change the world and save it from the mess it's in. I'm so weak, I'm so thin, I want to fly, but I can't even swim.

I don't wanna die in a nuclear war, I want to sail away to a distant shore, and make like an apeman.

You will get what you want, but you have to expect it with your open heart.

When you really want something, you will give up a million times, but your heart keeps taking you back to the starting line.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

There's no shame in having to fight every day, but fighting every day, and presumably, if you're still alive to hear these words or read this interview, then you are winning your war. You're here.

It will be all right if it turns out all right.

Let there be no more war or bloodshed between Arabs and Israelis. Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights. Let there be no more despair or loss of faith.

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

No more wars, no more bloodshed. Peace unto you. Shalom, salaam, forever.

There's so much more to tell about Africa than the usual stories about war, famine and disease.

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.

Brain tumor survivors: don't become hopelessly discouraged if you are experiencing deficits. You in a war and you are bound to have a few battle wounds.

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.

Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth; Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust; Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace; Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe

The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.

The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.

The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise.