Quotes About Hope

Never forget to dream.

There's only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.

I think that we will come out on top as women, as people of color, as Muslims, as transgender people, as people who are part of the disabled community - I think that we'll come out on top.

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.

I won't predict anything historic. But nothing is impossible.

You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.

But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

I don't know if God is a sports fan or not, but I do know this: He loves a good comeback.

There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.

Having a plan enabled us to keep our hope alive. Perhaps in a similar fashion, people who are in their own personal crises - a pink slip, a foreclosure - can be reminded that no matter how dire the circumstance, or how little time you have to deal with it, further action is always possible. There's always a way out of even the tightest spot.

The way I've always dealt with disappointment or challenges in my life is to find the bright spot and focus on it.

London had so much death in its history, it was hard to find a spot without spirits. They formed a safety net. Still, you had to hope the ones you got were good.

Now, seeing little kids that were in my AAU program, seeing where I came from, the same spot that they're in, now I'm in the NBA gives them a little hope and, I guess, just opening their eyes a little bit that, with hard work and dedication, anything is really possible no matter where you're from.

When your spouse is given a bleak prognosis, you become an expert in soaking up every moment of every day.

I hope that some day the practice of producing cowpox in human beings will spread over the world - when that day comes, there will be no more smallpox.

Do your best to spread positive messages.

My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.

I feel that belief is such a powerful force that it can spread the light even in the most hopeless situations.

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.

For a guy who believes in hope, Obama doesn't seem to be able to spread much of it around. How can he? We know too much now about the hollowness of institutions and the frailty of their leaders.

Where I go, where He takes me, that's where I need to spread the love of God. Because people's souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.

For me, my 'will to power,' I guess, is just to live a positive life and spread positivity as much as possible to other people and other living beings and hope that with whatever audience I have for my voice, I can actually do some good in the world.

The politics of hope is harder to spread than the politics of hate.